A binary system has been found where the two stars both have a magnetic field, furthering scientific discovery on how stars are formed, according to the Canada Journal.
The system is categorized as a star system of two or more stars that orbit around a common center of mass. The Epsilon Lupi star system has a pairing of stars that are 500 light years away, yet they still circle around the same center.
The new information on the two star's magnetic field creates an opportunity to study why stars have magnetic fields or what could cause them to have one, Sci-News reported.
The stars are supposedly up to eight times bigger than the mass of our solar system's Sun and are at least 6,000 times brighter if put together.
Scientists currently have two guesses on how stars form such magnetic fields, either by creating the field as the star is being form or that it comes in after two stars merge to become one, according to Astronomy.com.
"This discovery allows us to rule out the binary merger scenario," said Matt Shultz of Queen's University. "However, it doesn't change the basic finding of the BinaMIcS collaboration- fewer than 2 percent of massive stars in close binaries have magnetic fields, and we still don't know why that is."
