Dense, Spinning, Dead Star Discovered by Outback Radio Telescope
Astronomers have discovered a pulsar—a dense and rapidly spinning neutron star sending radio waves into the cosmos—using a low-frequency radio telescope in outback Australia. The…
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Radio Astronomers Discover 8 New Millisecond Pulsars With MeerKAT Telescope
A group of astronomers has discovered 8 millisecond pulsars located within dense clusters of stars, known as “globular clusters,” using South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope….
Enhanced X-ray Emissions Coincide With Giant Radio Pulses From Crab Pulsar
X-ray emissions from the Crab Pulsar are more intense during giant radio pulses (GRPs), researchers report. The new findings provide constraints on the mechanisms underlying…
Mysterious Giant Radio Pulses From Pulsars Are Hundreds of Times More Energetic Than Previously Believed
Using coordinated observations of the Crab pulsar in a number of frequencies, a team of scientists has discovered that the “giant radio pulses” that it…
Weird X-ray Surges Detected in Crab Pulsar’s Radio Bursts by NASA’s NICER
A global science collaboration using data from NASA’s Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) telescope on the International Space Station has discovered X-ray surges accompanying…
New Clues About Early Universe From Black Hole Powered Cosmic Jet 13 Billion Light-Years From Earth
Quasar also can serve as ‘beacon’ for studying closer objects. Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) and Very…
Gravitational Wave Search Finds Tantalizing New Clue: Unexplained Fluctuations in Space-Time
An international team of scientists may be close to detecting faint ripples in space-time that fill the universe. Pairs of black holes billions of times…
Milky Way’s Dark Side Revealed by Measurements of Pulsar Acceleration
It is well known that the expansion of the universe is accelerating due to a mysterious dark energy. Within galaxies, stars also experience an acceleration,…
Galactic “Mystery Source” of Gamma Rays Identified: Record-Setting “Black Widow” Pulsar
Super Heavyweight and Flyweight in a Cosmic Dance Volunteer distributed computing project [email protected] discovers neutron star in unusual binary system. After more than two decades,…
XMM-Newton Space Observatory Spies Youngest Baby Pulsar Ever Discovered
An observation campaign led by ESA’s XMM-Newton space observatory reveals the youngest pulsar ever seen – the remnant of a once-massive star – that is…
50-Year-Old Cosmic Mystery Solved: Why Pulsars Shine Bright
Intense radio emissions produced by the fast-spinning stars are caused by newborn particles interacting with powerful electromagnetic fields, new plasma simulations suggest. When Jocelyn Bell…
Cornerstone of Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Confirmed by Astrophysicists Using the Pulsar in a Triple Star System
An international collaboration of scientists has recorded the most accurate confirmation to date for one of the cornerstones of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, ‘the…
New Insights About Pulsar Glitches Uncovered by Astronomers
Pulsars are dead stars that spin remarkably steadily – they are some of the most regularly ticking clocks in the Universe! However, every few years…
Powerful Pulsating Gamma Rays Emitted From Neutron Star Rotating an Incredible 707 Times a Second
Second fastest spinning radio pulsar known is a gamma-ray pulsar, too. Multi-messenger observations look closely at the system and raise new questions. An international research…
Fermi Discovers “Cannonball” Pulsar Speeding Through Space at Nearly 2.5 Million Miles an Hour
Astronomers found a pulsar hurtling through space at nearly 2.5 million miles an hour — so fast it could travel the distance between Earth and…
Kes 75: The Youngest Known Pulsar in the Milky Way
Scientists have confirmed the identity of the youngest known pulsar in the Milky Way galaxy using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. This result could…
‘Pulsar in a Box’ Reveals Surprising Picture of a Neutron Star
An international team of scientists studying what amounts to a computer-simulated “pulsar in a box” are gaining a more detailed understanding of the complex, high-energy…
Astronomers Observe Unprecedented Detail in Pulsar PSR B1957+20
A team of astronomers has performed one of the highest resolution observations in astronomical history by observing two intense regions of radiation, 20 kilometers apart,…
