Show TWIN STARS some timo time ago it was reported by a distinguished astronomer that the star called xi Gemi norum which has long been known as a variable is in reality double but that its two components are so BO close that no telescope is able abla to separate them and their existence is proved by the shifting 3 li lines in the spectrum the variations in brightness it is t thought bought can only be due to the attraction between the two stars raising immense tides in their molten or canorous van orous globes which through tho tha efforts of compression or otherwise displace the spectral lines new york herald |