Pulsars
Spider Pulsars are Tearing Apart Stars in the Omega Cluster
Pulsars are extreme objects. They're what's left over when a massive star collapses on itself and explodes as a supernova.…
Are Pulsars the Key to Finding Dark Matter?
The search for dark matter continues, with astronomers developing new hypotheses to search for this invisible gravitational influence on the…
A Bizarre Pulsar Switches Between Two Brightness Modes. Astronomers Finally Figured Out Why.
Pulsars are the lighthouses of the universe. These rotating dead stars shoot twin jets of radiation from their poles, usually…
Astronomers are Hoping the Event Horizon Telescope saw Pulsars Near the Milky Way's Supermassive Black Hole
The Event Horizon Telescope is a collection of radio telescopes across the globe that simultaneously gathered data about the Milky…
Pulsars Could Help Map the Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way
The BlackHoleCam project, part of the Event Horizon Telescope consortium, will use the powerful EHT array to search for pulsars…
Soon Every Spacecraft can Navigate the Solar System Autonomously Using Pulsars
If you want to know where you are in space, you’d better bring along a map. But it’s a little…
Astronomers use the World's Biggest Radio Telescope to map new Features of the Milky Way
Using China's FAST radio telescope, a team of Chinese researchers observed previously-unmapped regions of the Milky Way and made some…
Do Exoplanet Scientists Have Favorite Exoplanets?
Exoplanets have become quite the sensation over the last decade-plus, with scientists confirming new exoplanets on a regular basis thanks…
Astronomers Find a Brand new Pulsar That's Probably Less Than 14 Years old
Astronomers have discovered a neutron star so young it's barely a teenager.
A Pulsar has Been Found Turning so Slowly Astronomers Didn't Even Think it was Possible: Once Every 76 Seconds
Using the MeerKAT array, an international team of astronomers has detected a new class of radio-emitting neutron star!