... With a deadly embrace, т??spideryт?? pulsars consume their mates . These neutron stars can completely consume their companions, which is how researchers think solitary millisecond pulsars form. ... These systems can completely consume their companion stars, and that s how we think solitary millisecond pulsars form. ... Romani conjectured that the star was orbiting and being dramatically heated by a compact object, most likely a pulsar, and suggested that the system was a new black widow. ...