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.
The observatory's Low Resolution Imaging Spectrometer recorded visible light from the shredded companion star, which glowed due to its high heat. This particular neutron star is the densest object within sight of Earth, according to the researchers. A neutron star like PSR J0952-0607 is called a pulsar because as it spins, the object acts like a cosmic lighthouse, regularly beaming out light through radio waves, X-rays or gamma rays.
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