Scientists have discovered 18 fast-spinning 'pumpkin' stars

Just in time for Halloween.
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Scientists have discovered 18 fast-spinning 'pumpkin' stars
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Astronomers have discovered a group of rapidly spinning stars that produce X-rays at more than 100 times the peak levels ever seen from the sun. These stars spin so fast they've been squashed into pumpkin-like shapes and could be the result of the merging of two sun-like stars.

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