Rare ‘Spider Star’ Spotted Consuming Its Companion

One Star Is Orbiting Inside Another in This Never-Before-Seen Binary System

Astronomers found an exceptionally rare star system that formed through an elusive cosmic phenomenon.

Scientists find rare double-star system where one star orbited inside the other

Astronomers may have discovered a rare type of binary star system, where one star used to orbit inside its partner.

Rare ‘spider star’ spotted consuming its companion

A spinning neutron star orbits the remnants of a once-massive companion it has stripped to its core. A spinning neutron star orbits the remnants of a once-massive companion it has stripped to its core.

A bizarre spider pulsar took off his companion star and left only his core out of helium. In the Milky Way there are probably no more than 84 such double systems.