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Spider pulsars are named after certain female spiders that eat the male after mating, and have monikers such as black widow or redback, depending on the type of companion star.
Rare ‘spider star’ spotted consuming its companion Davide Castelvecchi 2025
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The neutron star is a rare example of a ‘spider pulsar’ — one that consumes the material around a companion star, or causes it to scatter away by emitting powerful beams of radio waves.
Rare ‘spider star’ spotted consuming its companion Davide Castelvecchi 2025
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