Comments on: First infrared image of a red giant star with a mass of the sun https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/first-infrared-image-of-a-red-giant-star-with-a-mass-of-the-sun/ Tue, 07 Nov 2017 19:58:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: LocalFluff https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/first-infrared-image-of-a-red-giant-star-with-a-mass-of-the-sun/#comment-1021792 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 19:58:14 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=48671#comment-1021792 Kip Thorne is an extreme star fanatic. He has the Thorne-Żytkow type of star named after him. A Red giant that has a neutron star orbiting inside of its photosphere. Something like that. Until they simply disappear from our spacetime. Meanwhile, he will dine with the Swedish princess at his side.

Binary stars are very common and they might even help cause red giants. It isn’t too remote to think that sometimes a white dwarf or other stellar remnant gets into its neighbor as it nova a bit.

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