'Black widow' neutron star devours its stellar companion - CTV News

7/27/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago

Astronomers have spied a 'black widow' lurking in space 3,000 light-years from Earth, and it's a record-breaking cosmic object.

Astronomers have spied a "black widow" lurking in space 3,000 light-years from Earth, and it's a record-breaking cosmic object. Called a neutron star, the dense, collapsed remnants of a massive star… [+3448 chars]

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