One Star Once Orbited Inside the Other in this Bizarre Binary System.

One Star Once Orbited Inside the Other in this Bizarre Binary System.

Astronomers have spotted a pulsar in a binary system, taking about 3.6 hours for the stars to orbit one another. Their orbit is so close that, from our vantage point, the pulsar’s radio signals vanish for roughly one-sixth of each cycle—blocked by the companion’s interference. Researchers think that the more massive star died first, exploding as a supernova and collapsing into a neutron star, passing within the atmosphere of the other. It took a…

One star once orbited inside the other in this bizarre binary system

Binary star systems are pairs of stars held together by gravity, orbiting a common center of mass. More than half of all stars in our Galaxy are part of a binary or multiple-star system making them surprisingly common. The stars in a binary can vary widely in mass, size, and brightness, and their interactions often […] The post One star once orbited inside the other in this bizarre binary system appeared first on Knowridge Science Report.