Mysterious Gamma-Ray Glow at the Center of the Milky Way Most Likely Caused by Pulsars, Not Dark Matter
A newly published study reveals that the mysterious gamma-ray glow at the center of the Milky Way is most likely caused by pulsars, not dark…
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Astronomers Discover the Brightest Pulsar to Date, NGC 5907 ULX
Using the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton satellite and NASA’s NuSTAR, astronomers have discovered the brightest pulsar to date. There’s a new record holder for the…
NuSTAR Helps Solve Forty-Year-Old Neutron Star Mystery
Astronomers may have solved a 40-year-old mystery surrounding a neutron star in the “Rapid Burster” system. Scientists observing a curious neutron star in a binary…
Astronomers Study the Pulsar Wind Nebula Created by PSR B0355+54
A team of astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has modeled the detailed shape of the pulsar wind nebula created by PSR B0355+54. Neutron…
Astronomers Detect Young Magnetar in Supernova Remnant, Likely the Slowest Pulsar Ever Discovered
Astronomers may have detected the slowest spinning neutron star to date. The object is in the middle of the RCW 103 supernova remnant, which is…
Astronomers Identify a Signature of Dark Matter Annihilation
By studying the spatial distribution of gamma-ray emission in the Milky Way, astronomers believe they have identified a signature of dark matter annihilation. We live…
Chandra Reveals a Pulsar on the Southern Edge the Jellyfish Nebula
New Chandra observations reveal a pulsar on the southern edge the Jellyfish Nebula and provide details about the structure and properties of this pulsar. The…
Fermi Satellite Detects Gamma-Ray Pulsar in the Tarantula Nebula
Using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered the first gamma-ray pulsar in a galaxy other than the Milky Way. The…
Scientists Develop a New Method for Measuring the Mass of Pulsars
Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed a new method for measuring the mass of pulsars. Until now, scientists have determined the mass of…
Astronomers Discover Companions of Millisecond Pulsars
Using data from the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have identified the orbiting companions to five-millisecond pulsars in the globular…
Chandra Reveals Pulsar Punching Hole in Stellar Disk
Data from Chandra reveal that a pulsar in orbit around a massive star punched through a circumstellar disk of material, jettisoning a clump of material…
Scientists Expect High-Energy Explosions When Pulsar J2032 Swings Around Its Companion Star
NASA scientists are expecting high-energy explosions when pulsar J2032 swings around its massive companion star and plunges through a disk of gas and dust surrounding…
Chandra Reveals Black Holes Gorging at Excessive Rates
New research from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals the existence of a population of black holes that is consuming extremely large amounts of material, possibly…
A Pulsar Orbiting a Black Hole Could be the ‘Holy Grail’ for Testing Gravity
A new study examines in what sense a neutron star-black hole binary could be the ‘holy grail’ for testing gravity. The intermittent light emitted by…
NuSTAR Discovers Brightest Pulsar to Date
Using NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, astronomers have detected the brightest pulsar to date, located about 12 million light-years away in the galaxy Messier 82….
NuSTAR Discovers Pulsar Powering Intense Gamma Rays
Using NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, astronomers have discovered a pulsar spinning five times per second and the ultimate power source of both the high-energy…
Fermi Discovers a Pulsar That Switched from Radio Emissions to High-Energy Gamma Rays
New measurements by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveal a binary star system whose pulsar switched from radio emissions to high-energy gamma rays. Zoom into…
Astronomers View Pulsar Encased in Supernova Bubble
This XMM-Newton image reveals a strongly magnetized, rotating neutron star and the remains of the explosion that generated it. Massive stars end their lives with…