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Quark Stars

Posted by michael on Wednesday April 10, 2002 @05:39PM from the stranger-than-we-can-imagine dept.

BigGar' writes "Astronomers seem to have discovered a new type of star. It would lie between a neutron star and and a black hole in the hierarchy of stars and consist of quark matter. Further observations with the Chandra X-ray telescope will be needed to confirm the results."

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Of all the billions of stars to choose... by Daniel+Wood · 2002-04-10 17:51 · Score: 0, Redundant

3C58 is thought to have originated from a supernova explosion witnessed by astronomers in 1181 AD.
I'm sorry, that just seems like wishful thinking to tie your star to a known event, therefor creating a strong case for you. The chances are less than one in a billion that it was the very same star.