Pulsars
Astronomers are Using NASA’s Deep Space Network to Hunt for Magnetars
Right, magnetars. Perhaps one of the most ferocious beasts to inhabit the cosmos. Loud, unruly, and temperamental, they blast their…
An Extremely Rare Gamma Ray Emitting Neutron Star Binary Has Been Found
The VERITAS collaboration recently discovered a binary system with a very high-energy gamma-ray neutron star, the rarest and most extreme…
Second Fastest Pulsar Spins 42,000 Times a Minute
Thanks to a team of researchers from the Netherlands, who used the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR), the second fastest-spinning pulsar…
NASA is Planning to Test Pulsars as Cosmic Navigation Beacons
The Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) is being deployed to the ISS, and promises to yield some impressive scientific…
Space Jellyfish Show Types Of Pulsar Wind Nebulas
A series of studies based on data obtained from Chandra X-ray observatory may held shed light on the mysteries of…
Weekly Space Hangout – Jan. 16, 2015: Hard Landings, False Alarms & Found Beagles
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg ) Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba) Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein) (more…)
Astronomy Cast Ep. 360: Modern Women: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Jocelyn Bell Burnell is an Irish astronomer, best known for being part of the team that discovered pulsars, and the…
Where Have All the Pulsars Gone? The Mystery at the Center of Our Galaxy
The galactic center is a happening place, with lots of gas, dust, stars, and surprising binary stars orbiting a supermassive black…
Home Computers Discover Gamma-Ray Pulsars
Imagine that you're innocently running your computer in pursuit of helping data crunch a huge science project. Then, out of…
What is a Pulsar?
They are what is known as the "lighthouses" of the universe - rotating neutron stars that emit a focused beam…