<div dir="ltr">On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 4:48 PM, spike <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:spike66@att.net" target="_blank">spike66@att.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex">
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I haven't worked out the details on whether colliding two stars would cause<br>
a nova (note difference between nova and supernova.) I suspect any star<br>
collision would cause a nova, but that is not a show stopper I wouldn't<br>
think.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Have you heard of "blue stragglers" ? Star merging may occur naturally in sufficiently dense environments. See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_straggler">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_straggler</a></div>
</div><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Alfio</div></div>