{"id":3928055,"date":"2026-09-21T12:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/superdense-neutron-star-caught-feeding-on-a-blue-hypergiants-stellar-wind\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:04:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:04:04","slug":"superdense-neutron-star-caught-feeding-on-a-blue-hypergiants-stellar-wind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/superdense-neutron-star-caught-feeding-on-a-blue-hypergiants-stellar-wind\/","title":{"rendered":"Superdense neutron star caught feeding on a blue hypergiant&#8217;s stellar wind"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Using data from the Japan\u2013led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant star&#8217;s outflow, called a stellar wind, being captured by its compact companion and providing the power source for strong X-ray flares. The research is part of NASA&#8217;s exploration of the extreme universe to better understand how the cosmos works.<\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2026-09-superdense-neutron-star-caught-blue.html\" target=\"_blank\">Go to Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using data from the Japan\u2013led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant star&#8217;s outflow, called a stellar wind, being captured by its compact companion and providing the power source for strong X-ray flares. The research is part of NASA&#8217;s exploration of the extreme universe to better understand how the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3928055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3928055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3928055"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3928055\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3928055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3928055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikedyess.info\/para\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3928055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}