Published on October 13, 2017
This animation shows a black widow pulsar like J0952 together with its small stellar companion, as seen from within their orbital plane. Powerful radiation and the pulsar’s “wind” — an outflow of high-energy particles — strongly heat the facing side of the companion, evaporating it over time.
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Cruz deWilde
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