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[CraigD]

Could neutron star J0617 have had its course changed by gravitational interaction with some other large mass within the gas bubble of supernova remnant IC 443? Another neutron star, perhaps, or something smaller and less noticeable, say a brown dwarf “remnant” (I can’t imagine that a supernova’s gas bubble wouldn’t make at least a “remnant” out of any ordinary matter object it enveloped).

This seems such a simple explanation, I suspect there’s something wrong with it for the pros (astrophysicists and journalists both) not to mention it in the news release. Though you’d think that at least explain why it’s not a plausible explanation, if that’s the case.