| This observation revealed a familiar light signature, clinching the case for a fading high-mass X-ray binary with a neutron star. |
| The team spotted the 28 bursts during a series of XMM-Newton observations of the neutron star totaling 93 hours. |
| Such explosions are caused by the accumulation of a critical mass of material falling onto the neutron star from a partner. |
| Stars like our sun form white dwarfs, but those about 1.5 times heavier become supernovas and collapse to form a neutron star. |
| Its tails allows us to probe the physics of the interaction between an isolated neutron star and the interstellar medium. |
| The object is being stimulated by jets from a rapidly spinning neutron star called a pulsar. |
