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New Kind of Hybrid Star Discovered
Basically, imagine if a red supergiant happened to swallow up a neutron star, which sinks to its core. Thorne-Zytkow objects (TZOs) likely form when a red supergiant gobbles up a nearby neutron star, which sinks down into the giant's core. TZOs look like ordinary red supergiants like Betelgeuse, but differ in their chemical fingerprints - rich in rubidium, molybdenum and lithium.
Basically, imagine if a red supergiant happened to swallow up a neutron star, which sinks to its core. Thorne-Zytkow objects (TZOs) likely form when a red supergiant gobbles up a nearby neutron star, which sinks down into the giant's core. TZOs look like ordinary red supergiants like Betelgeuse, but differ in their chemical fingerprints - rich in rubidium, molybdenum and lithium.
