• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 21st, 2011
Supernova Remnant Reveals Young Pulsar

Supernova Remnant Reveals Young Pulsar

The object was discovered in a nearby dwarf galaxy

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 1st, 2011
Weird Cosmic Explosion Gets Two Possible Explanations

Weird Cosmic Explosion Gets Two Possible Explanations

The gamma-ray burst was first observed late last year

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 28th, 2011
Future Spacecraft May Navigate by Pulsars

Future Spacecraft May Navigate by Pulsars

These stars may provide a natural, high-precision GPS system

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 23rd, 2011
How Neutron Stars Get Their Magnetic Fields

How Neutron Stars Get Their Magnetic Fields

A group of experts recently proposed a new theory

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 10th, 2011
Neutron Stars May Come in Several Flavors

Neutron Stars May Come in Several Flavors

Only three types of such stars are known to scientists today

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 10th, 2011
NASA Proposes Mission to Study Neutron Stars

NASA Proposes Mission to Study Neutron Stars

These objects are called cosmic zombies for good reason

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 4th, 2011
Youngest Millisecond Pulsar Discovered by Fermi

Youngest Millisecond Pulsar Discovered by Fermi

The instrument is extremely effective at finding such objects

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 29th, 2011
Verifying Gravity Waves with Neutron Star Emissions

Verifying Gravity Waves with Neutron Star Emissions

Collisions between such objects generate shock waves

 
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