Astronomers discover a rare ‘black widow’ binary, with the shortest orbit yet
Astronomers discovered a ‘black widow binary’ — a rapidly spinning neutron star circling and slowly consuming a smaller companion star. Named ZTF J1406+1222, the pair has the shortest orbital period yet identified, and is unique in that it appears to host a third star that orbits around the two inner stars every 10,000 years.
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