This star system creates a rare triple eclipse. Here's what that would look like

An illustration of a bright glowing sphere in the center of the image. A red sphere is shrouded in darkness to the left and there are two bright spots far in the distance.

A triple star system in which the stars all eclipse one another from our vantage point is standing out as one of the best studied stellar trios; as the stars age, they could even merge.

The triple system, known as TIC 295741342, is 3,080 light-years from Earth and was found by NASA's TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) mission. It features a binary system composed of two stars almost identical to the sun, orbited by a larger third star of 1.7 solar masses.