Fifty Years Ago Jocelyn Bell Discovered Pulsars And Changed Our View Of The Universe
George Hobbs, CSIRO; Dick Manchester, CSIRO, and Simon Johnston, CSIRO A pulsar is a small, spinning star – a giant …
Pulsars, The Universe
Outer Space, Pulsars
Here’s How We Find The Universe’s Brightest Pulsars
There’s a new record holder for brightest pulsar ever found — and astronomers are still trying to figure out how …
Outer Space, Pulsars, Stars
Astronomers Locate ‘Missing Link’ Neutron Star, Unsure If Pulsar Or Magnetar
Like anthropologists piecing together the human family tree, astronomers have found that a misfit “skeleton” of a star may link …
Outer Space, Pulsars
Einstein@Home Discovers 13 New Pulsars
13 new gamma-ray pulsars have been discovered by the citizen science project Einstein@Home. Einstein@Home borrows computer power from thousands of …
Pulsars, Telescopes
Africa’s SALT Telescope Detects First White Dwarf Pulsar
SUTHERLAND, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africa’s SALT telescope has helped detect the first white dwarf pulsar, the latest co-discovery …