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Is this the Lightest Black Hole or Heaviest Neutron Star?


About 40,000 light-years away, a rapidly spinning object has a companion that's confounding astronomers. It's heavier than the heaviest neutron stars, yet at the same time, it's lighter than the lightest black holes.

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