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Weekly Space Hangout – May 16, 2014: Shrinking Red Spot
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Alessondra Springmann (@sondy), Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein, briankoberlein.com), Nicole Gugliucci (cosmoquest.org / @noisyastronomer) (more…)
Spin! Crab Pulsar Speed Jumps Linked To Billions Of Tiny Vortices
Pulsars -- those supernova leftovers that are incredibly dense and spin very fast -- may change their speed due to…
Runaway Pulsar Produces Longest Jet Trail Ever Observed
One of the fastest-moving pulsars ever observed is spewing out a record-breaking jet of high-energy particles that stretches 37 light…
This Neutron Star Behaves Just Like The Hulk
When Bruce Banner gets angry, he gets big and green and strong and well, vengeful. The Hulk is the stuff…
Weekly Space Hangout – Aug. 16, 2013
Like your space news, but you just can't handle reading any more? Then watch our Weekly Space Hangout, where we…
Weekly Space Hangout – April 26, 2013
We had an action packed Weekly Space Hangout on Friday, with a vast collection of different stories in astronomy and…
Einstein Right Again! Rapidly Spinning Pulsar Follows General Relativity
A unique and exotic laboratory about 6,800 light-years from Earth is helping Earth-based astronomers test Albert Einstein's theory of general…
Pulsar Sets New Speed Record
A pulsar may have been spotted racing through space at over 6 million miles per hour (9.65 million km/h), setting…
X-rays Unwrap a Poky Little Pulsar
[/caption] For the first time astronomers have located a pulsar – the super-dense, spinning remains of a star – nestled…