Heaviest Neutron Star Ever Discovered Is a “Black Widow” Devouring Its Mate
Observations of faint, planet-size star help weigh its millisecond pulsar companion. A dense, collapsed star has shredded and consumed nearly
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Black Widow
Astronomers Discover a Mysterious “Black Widow” Binary – With the Shortest Orbit Yet
When a massive star runs out of fuel and collapses, it may leave behind a neutron star. (Unless the leftover
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China’s FAST detects phenomenon of ‘Black Widow’
Chinese researchers, for the first time, used the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), the world’s largest single-dish and most
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