Cosmic Duo Spins Light Into Matter

Discovery News has an article on something you don't see every day - light becoming matter!

"Astronomers have found a gigantic cosmic "Rumpelstiltskin" that is spinning light into matter and giving off lighthouse-like pulses of gamma rays.

The bizarre duo responsible for this miraculous feat of physics is a giant blue star and either a black hole or a rapidly spinning neutron star.

Together, the pair is dubbed LS 5039. The blue star is about 20 times the mass of our sun and is in a very close four-day orbital dance with its unseen compact companion."