
AE Aquarii
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AE Aquarii is a cataclysmic variable star
of the DQ Herculis type.
Star
A star is a massive, luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity. At the end of its lifetime, a star can also contain a proportion of degenerate matter. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth...
of the DQ Herculis type.