This is an artist's impression of millipulsar PSR J1740-5340. The millipulsar is seen in blue with two radiation beams. It is being supplied gasses by its red companion star. Scientists believe that the bloated red star is there because the pulsar only recently acquired its current rotation speed of 274 times per second by the gases transferred from the red star. Eventually the red star will shrink into a white dwarf. It is the first time such a system has been observed. Click to enlarge.
