Thursday 20 September 2007

Bright Plumage Eschews from Skeletel-Star Befuddles


An object recently detected orbiting a neutron star is among the strangest planet-mass bodies ever found, astronomers say. Instead of circling around a normal star, the low-mass object—likely the "skeleton" of a smaller star—orbits a rapidly spinning pulsar, or neutron star. The neutron star spins hundreds of times a second—faster than a kitchen blender.
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nevertheless the universe is an awfully large thing and so there are bound to be heaps more mysterious yet to be documented objects, phenomena and anomalies yet to be observed



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