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First pulsar discovered by the GCGPS survey
The pulsar, designated PSR J1617−2258A, was found in the globular cluster NGC 6093. The discovery was detailed in a research paper published Feb. 13 on the arXiv pre-print server.
Supernova simulations show that low-mass star in binary system J0453+1559 could be a neutron star
In 2015, astrophysicists discovered a system consisting of two compact stars orbiting each other: a pulsar (i.e., a highly ...
Mysterious radio pulses from space have been tracked down—and the source is not what astronomers expected
In the past three years, astronomers have discovered a mysterious new type of radio source. We call these long-period ...
Mysterious Radio Pulses Hint at a Strange Cosmic Object That Shouldn’t Exist
A cosmic enigma, ASKAP J1839-0756, a slow-spinning neutron star discovered using the ASKAP radio telescope, is challenging ...
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OTD In Space – February 24: Pulsars First Discovered
On February 24, 1968, an astronomy grad student Jocelyn Bell announced that she had discovered the first pulsar. A few months earlier, she noticed what she called a "bit of scruff" in the data from ...
Twinkle Twinkle, not so little star: NASA has found a diamond in space that is 5 times BIGGER than Earth!
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope made a captivating discovery in the area of planets beyond Earth. A unique planet named 55 ...
Fast Radio Bursts Explained? Scientists Zero In on Their Mysterious Origins
A research team led by McGill identifies neutron stars as the likely source of fast radio bursts, one of the universe's most ...
Aliens MUST exist beyond Earth, leading scientist insists - 'it's human conceit to think we're alone'
Leading British scientist Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock says that we must not be alone in the universe and that it is 'human ...
UFO whistleblowers testify to the presence of aliens here on EARTH - representing '80 years of lies and deception'
UFO whistleblowers have testified that aliens are not only real but are already among us here on Earth, in a coverup ...
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Twinkle Twinkle, not so little star: NASA has found a diamond in space that is 5 times BIGGER than Earth!
The latest NASA scientists have discovered, is a massive diamond like ... who is also a millisecond pulsar. Although the outer layer was stripped off, what remained was primarily carbon.
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Two-star system explains unusual astrophysical phenomenon
In recent years, about ten such radio-emitting systems have been discovered by other research groups ... help probe the ...
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