Pulsars

Scattered X-rays from space: Turning noise into signal

NuSTAR sees X-rays from astronomical objects it's not pointed at, so, bonus.

By Phil Plait | 

4 months ago

Black widow pulsar is eating its companion in an hour-long dance

The name is creepy, but certainly apt.

By Phil Plait | 

4 months ago

X-ray signals from pulsars could soon guide autonomous spacecraft through the void

Pulsars spew out serious X-rays as they spin at breakneck speeds.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

4 months ago

One of the brightest pulsars ever seen was somehow missed despite being right next door

Luminous beacon was probably dismissed as a galaxy.

By Phil Plait | 

4 months ago

A pulsar is firing a 7-light-year-long antimatter stream into space

It only gets weirder from there.

By Phil Plait | 

4 months ago

Space spider caught spinning a web of gamma rays

In a binary "spider" star system, a pulsar devours the gaseous outer layers of its trapped victim.

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

8 months ago

Binary pulsar puts Einstein to the test… and he passes. Relatively speaking.

Whirling neutron stars make an excellent physics lab.

By Phil Plait | 

9 months ago

Could pulsars shine a flashlight on the mysteries of supermassive black holes?

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago

What is spewing weird radio signals from the middle of the galaxy?

By Elizabeth Rayne | 

1 year ago

Chinese radio telescope finds hundreds of new pulsars

By Phil Plait | 

1 year ago