SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged 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 | 8 months ago Black widow pulsar is eating its companion in an hour-long dance The name is creepy, but certainly apt. By Phil Plait | 8 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 | 8 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 | 9 months ago A pulsar is firing a 7-light-year-long antimatter stream into space It only gets weirder from there. By Phil Plait | 9 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 | 1 year ago Binary pulsar puts Einstein to the test… and he passes. Relatively speaking. Whirling neutron stars make an excellent physics lab. By Phil Plait | 1 year 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 Load More
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 | 8 months ago
Black widow pulsar is eating its companion in an hour-long dance The name is creepy, but certainly apt. By Phil Plait | 8 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 | 8 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 | 9 months ago
A pulsar is firing a 7-light-year-long antimatter stream into space It only gets weirder from there. By Phil Plait | 9 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 | 1 year ago
Binary pulsar puts Einstein to the test… and he passes. Relatively speaking. Whirling neutron stars make an excellent physics lab. By Phil Plait | 1 year ago
Could pulsars shine a flashlight on the mysteries of supermassive black holes? By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago