A team of researchers in China have discovered a stunning binary star system where a stellar object known as a pulsar orbited inside the outer layers of its companion star — after stripping its host's innards and dispersing them into space. The findings, detailed in a new study published in the journal Science, are an incredibly rare example of a "spider star" that preys on their companions, so-named because of female spiders that devour males after mating.  This is the first spider star found orbiting a helium star. And tantalizingly, the grisly scene is some of the best evidence yet […]