A study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics by a researcher from the Xinjiang Astronomical Observatory (XAO) of the Chinese ...

As if these zombies weren’t already bizarre enough, the behavior of one of them, pulsar PSR J1023+0038, has remained a mystery until now. PSR J1023 does have the usual compact jet of radiation ...

The pulsar and its wind move with supersonic speed through the interstellar medium – the stuff (gas, dust and plasma) between the stars. This creates a bow shock: a shock wave of heated gas that ...

Pulsar Emits The Highest-energy Radiation Ever Observed by SpaceRef October 16, 2023 July 15, 2024. ... Artist's impression of the Vela pulsar, in the centre, and its magnetosphere, ...

Scientists have now observed the most energetic pulsar radiation ever seen, hailing from the Vela pulsar (its wind nebula, shown). The discovery challenges notions of how the beams are generated.

That engorging has already turned the pulsar into the densest neutron star ever observed, according to scientists who observed the cosmic collision. Weighing in at 2.35 solar masses after its meal ...

The "Thousand Pulsar Array" ... The time-averaged properties of the observed pulsar population, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2023). DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stac3383.

The Vela pulsar is one of the best-studied spinning neutron stars and is an example of the extreme nature of these objects. Created in a supernova around 10,000 years ago, the neutron star has a ...

Pulsars are 'cosmic lighthouses' that when seen from Earth appear to be flickering stars, but actually consist of exotic stellar remnants called neutron stars.

A thousand light years away, a pulsar called Vela flashes Earth with bright bursts of energy 11 times every second: radio waves, visible light, x-rays, and gamma rays. Astrophysicist Arache ...

Astronomers have observed a twinkling star and discovered an abundance of mysterious plasma structures in our cosmic neighborhood.

Artist’s impression of the Vela pulsar, in the centre, and its magnetosphere, whose edge is marked by the bright circle. The blue tracks travelling outwards represent the paths of accelerated ...