YourAveragePaki

Two questions!

1. Did the studies show that the star was slowly stripped of it's mass over time? Or was it literally gobbled up quickly? I read somewhere about the "Roche Limit" I think where a smaller object breaks apart due to tidal forces once it gets too close to the larger object.

2. As someone who loves reading and learning about astronomy as a past time and hobby, part of me wants to pursue some form of higher education in astronomy (I just started uni). However I really disliked physics in high school. How much physics do you apply in your field and do you ever find it gets dry?

Thanks for the reply! That's nice to see that you still pushed through it. I'm gonna keep an open mind on pursuing it further. And it turns out that my uni offers electives in astronomy so I'm definitely gonna look into that. Thanks again :)