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Real 'Death Star' Fires High-Energy Particle Beam At Sister Star | Video




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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.


Credit: NASA / GSFC



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