Astronomers spot best candidate for a Thorne-Zytkow object, a hybrid star proposed almost 40 years ago. Astronomers say that they have discovered the first example of a long-sought cosmic oddity: a bloated, dying star with a surprise in its core - an ultradense neutron star. Such entities, known a...
Title: The extremely long period X-ray source in RCW 103: a descendant of Thorne-Zytkow Object? Authors: X. W. Liu, R. X. Xu, G. J. Qiao, J. L. Han, Z. W. Han, X. D. Li The spin evolution of the compact neutron core in a Thorne-Zytkow Object (TZO) is investigated to explore the origin of extremely long pe...