Pulsars murder their companion stars, X-rays reveal
<p>Nearly half of all stars are born in binary systems, with the most massive ones dying the fastest. It’s not pretty for the “second” star.</p>
<p>To survive in this Universe, <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.13189" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">you must avoid pulsars</a>.</p>
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<p><em>An illustrated view of a black widow pulsar and its stellar companion. The pulsar’s gamma-ray emissions (magenta) strongly heat the facing side of the star (orange). The pulsar is gradually evaporating its partner.</em> (<a href="https://news.mit.edu/2022/black-widow-binary-orbit-0504" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Credit</a>: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Cruz deWilde)</p>
<p>Formed when massive stars die in a core-collapse supernova, pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars.</p>
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