Real 'Death Star' Fires High-Energy Particle Beam At Sister Star | Video
Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 17:00
in Astronomy & Space
A rare black widow binary star system consists of one of heaviest neutrons stars (~2X Sun Mass) known and a small companion star (12X Jupiter Mass) in the tightest orbit ever seen. High-energy particles from the former are obliterating its companion.