Show Notes
Astronomers using the XRISM X-ray observatory have captured rare details of a neutron star feeding on the powerful stellar wind of a massive blue hypergiant 13,000 light-years away.
The observations reveal plasma racing toward the neutron star at about 335,000 mph, creating intense X-ray flares and a turbulent accretion disk. The discovery offers an unprecedented look at how matter behaves under extreme gravity and how some of the universe’s most
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