SYFY WIRE Pulsars “Vampire” Pulsar Spitting Cosmic Cannonballs Across Space Not even stars are safe from the undead. By Cassidy Ward 2 weeks ago When Black Holes Collide: Universe-Shaking Evidence of Gravitational Wave Background Signal Found Scientists hear the tiny taps of massive gravitational feet. By Cassidy Ward 2 months ago 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 1 year ago Black widow pulsar is eating its companion in an hour-long dance The name is creepy, but certainly apt. By Phil Plait 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago A pulsar is firing a 7-light-year-long antimatter stream into space It only gets weirder from there. By Phil Plait 1 year 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 2 years ago Load More
“Vampire” Pulsar Spitting Cosmic Cannonballs Across Space Not even stars are safe from the undead. By Cassidy Ward 2 weeks ago
When Black Holes Collide: Universe-Shaking Evidence of Gravitational Wave Background Signal Found Scientists hear the tiny taps of massive gravitational feet. By Cassidy Ward 2 months ago
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 1 year ago
Black widow pulsar is eating its companion in an hour-long dance The name is creepy, but certainly apt. By Phil Plait 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
A pulsar is firing a 7-light-year-long antimatter stream into space It only gets weirder from there. By Phil Plait 1 year 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 2 years ago
