Astronomers discover neutron star devouring its brown dwarf companion in “black widow” binary system [TechSpot]

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Scientists at Caltech’s Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) at the Palomar Observatory have discovered a strange pair of binary stars. It is the “black widow” star system designated ZTF J1406+1222. On Wednesday, the astronomers published a paper on their findings in the Nature academic journal. There are a few things that…