Astronomy / Space Chimera Star!

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The first Thorne-Żytkow object, a neutron star within a red supergiant star, has been discovered in our neighbour galaxy the Small Magellanic Cloud.

It has been almost 40 years since Professor Kip Thorne and Dr Anna Zytkow first suggested it was possible for a red giant and a neutron star to merge. Now this theoretical, almost mythical, chimera has been found.
Read more at http://www.iflscience.com/space/bizarre-hybrid-star-found#b4q00qbAbcmhXEHl.99
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