# Chinese astronomers find stable three-star system

Chinese astronomers found a real three-star system using FAST. It features two dead stars and a pulsar spinning over 300 times per second. The system is stable, unlike in Liu Cixin's fiction.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3371702/chinese-astronomers-find-real-three-body-system-it-not-what-liu-cixin-thinks

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#astronomy #threebody #pulsar #fast

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Created: 2026-10-23T01:33:32.205867+00:00

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Original source: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3371702/chinese-astronomers-find-real-three-body-system-it-not-what-liu-cixin-thinks