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Astronomers discover bizarre space system
09-13-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)MIT astronomers are co-discoverers of what NASA calls one of the most bizarre objects in space: a star "skeleton" of very low mass that is orbiting and being slowly consumed by a pulsar, that is itself spinning faster than a kitchen blender.
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