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Thorne-Zytkow object - Artwork

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Don Dixon/Novapix

Reference

a-eto99-00020

Date

2017-11-15

A Thorne–Żytkow object is a conjectured type of star wherein a red giant or supergiant contains a neutron star at its core, formed from the collision of the giant with the neutron star. Such objects were hypothesized by Kip Thorne and Anna Żytkow in 1977.