A dead star

The rapidly rotating Dead Star Strange “troubles” are strangely regular

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The rapidly rotating Dead Star Strange “troubles” are strangely regular

When you buy through our articles links, Future and its syndication partners can earn commissions. Pulsar space illustration. | Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center What do you get when you have been staring at the same dead star for over 20 years? Insights on the strangest physics of the universe. The star PSR J0922+0638 … Read more

NASA X -ray spacecraft reveals the secrets of a powerful, rotating neutron star

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NASA X -ray spacecraft reveals the secrets of a powerful, rotating neutron star

When you buy through our articles links, Future and its syndication partners can earn commissions. Illustration of the Pulsar PSR J1023+0038 showing the central Pulsar and around it. | Credit: Marco Maria Messa, University of Milan/Inaf-OAB; Maria Cristina Bagley, Inaf-Oab Astronomers have learned that radiation emitted by a fast -turning neutron star, or Pulsar, is … Read more