Heaviest neutron star to date is a 'black widow' eating its mate - Phys.org
7/26/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Robert Sanders
by Robert Sanders
A dense, collapsed star spinning 707 times per second—making it one of the fastest spinning neutron stars in the Milky Way galaxy—has shredded and consumed nearly the entire mass of its stellar companion and, in the process, grown into the heaviest neutron st…
A dense, collapsed star spinning 707 times per secondmaking it one of the fastest spinning neutron stars in the Milky Way galaxyhas shredded and consumed nearly the entire mass of its stellar compani… [+8772 chars]
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