4 telescopes together 'catch' the cosmic monster that is tearing its companion

Using the most powerful array of telescopes, scientists have for the first time recorded warm, cold winds from a monster star as it consumes material from its ill-fated companion.

Neutron stars are one of the most interesting extreme objects in the universe. It was formed from a giant star, after 2 times "died", gradually collapsing into a compact object but carrying super strong energy. Events involving neutron stars often cause intense shock waves that shake spacetime.

The strange couple with the vampire "monster" is a tiny but powerful neutron star

According to SciTech Daily, a team of scientists from 11 countries, led by the University of Southampton (UK) has studied the recent energetic eruption of a binary system known as Swift J1858.

They used the same 4 super telescopes: NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, ESA's XMM-Newton satellite, ESO's Very Large Telescope (European Southern Observatory). and the Spanish Gran Telescope.

The results, published in the scientific journal Nature, present a continuous series of signs of a warm wind at ultraviolet wavelengths, occurring simultaneously with a cold wind at optical wavelengths. This is the first time winds from a monster star system have been seen across different bands of the electromagnetic spectrum.

These winds are released as the main component of the binary system, a monstrous neutron star, is tearing apart the companion.

The signals are so strong that it's still clear even though this terrifying pair is on the other side of the Milky Way.

Earlier, Swift J1858 was detected from a transient X-ray signal when the "vampire" party was started. It will probably end in a devastating explosion when the neutron star "ruptures" and its companion is completely exhausted.