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go_half_the_way t1_ivjn27l wrote

Reply to comment by SandyDelights in Bizarre star may have a solid surface, according to X-ray observations. Astronomers have now spotted a super strange one that seems to have a solid surface. Its intense magnetic field is strong enough to overcome its blistering temperatures and “freeze” its outer layers into a solid crust. by MistWeaver80

Thanks. Makes sense. So this is an immensely hot solid ball slowly cooling.

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SandyDelights t1_ivjnutq wrote

Oh, not going to say that – I was explicitly answering the general question of “if it’s giving off enough light to be a star now is that energy being generated and how does it ‘get out of the solid surface’”, i.e. you don’t need to produce energy to produce light (you just need some form of energy present for it).

That said, yes, but there are a lot of caveats – this article covers it really well and in fairly simple terms.

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