<p>I wonder if we ever have identified or observed a pair of binary stars (red supergiants). And I also wonder what would happen if they exploded, (theoretically) as we haven’t observed it. Also, would currently existing binary stars have enough mass to later on burn out into a red giant, and then explode as a supernova, and would it affect us?</p>

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Are there any binary red supergiants?
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# Are there any binary red supergiants?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-10-20)

I wonder if we ever have identified or observed a pair of binary stars (red supergiants). And I also wonder what would happen if they exploded, (theoretically) as we haven’t observed it. Also, would currently existing binary stars have enough mass to later on burn out into a red giant, and then explode as a supernova, and would it affect us?

**Tags:** supernova, space, binary-star, observable-universe, red-giant

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_star#Binary_neutron_stars  
> **username_2**: Crossposted from https://physics.stackexchange.com/q/732776/2451  

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