• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 27th, 2014
How Solitary Millisecond Pulsars Form – Video

How Solitary Millisecond Pulsars Form – Video

New hypothesis says they consume other stars when in binary systems

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 19th, 2014
Pulsar Seen Escaping from Supernova Remnant

Pulsar Seen Escaping from Supernova Remnant

Astronomers say the object is producing a massive particle jet

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 6th, 2014
Complex Gravitational Laboratory Discovered in Space

Complex Gravitational Laboratory Discovered in Space

A triple star system provides optimal conditions for analysis

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 25th, 2013
LOFAR Telescope Finds Its First Two Pulsars

LOFAR Telescope Finds Its First Two Pulsars

The neutron stars are spinning wildly in radio wavelengths

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 7th, 2013
Pulsar-Timing Arrays May Be Used to Reveal Gravitational Waves

Pulsar-Timing Arrays May Be Used to Reveal Gravitational Waves

This is one of the most promising ways of studying the elusive phenomenon

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 2nd, 2012
Pulsar Exoplanets May Display Electric Orbital Signatures

Pulsar Exoplanets May Display Electric Orbital Signatures

Scanning for these anomalies could constitute a new way to find such planets

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 29th, 2012
Pulsars Could Have Radiation Belts

Pulsars Could Have Radiation Belts

Earth has two such features, called the Van Allen radiation belts

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 31st, 2012
Supernova Remnant Found Containing Young Pulsar

Supernova Remnant Found Containing Young Pulsar

The object is releasing significant amounts of X-rays

Second Specimen of a Rare Breed of Dead Stars Found

Second Specimen of a Rare Breed of Dead Stars Found

The object appears to be a hybrid between two different types of stars

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 29th, 2012
Fastest Pulsar Possibly Discovered

Fastest Pulsar Possibly Discovered

The finding was made using three different telescopes

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 30th, 2012
Pulsars Are Key to Interstellar Navigation

Pulsars Are Key to Interstellar Navigation

New orientation and navigation system for deep space exploration developed

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 20th, 2012
Mysterious Radiations Produced by the Galactic Core

Mysterious Radiations Produced by the Galactic Core

Experts have no idea where the gamma-rays are coming from

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 20th, 2012
Pulsars Analyses May Reveal Gravitational Waves

Pulsars Analyses May Reveal Gravitational Waves

These objects may also be used to test existing scientific theories

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 16th, 2012
Why the Crab Nebula Emits too Much Radiations

Why the Crab Nebula Emits too Much Radiations

Oddly enough, the pulsar it contains is not responsible for releasing them

  • 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

Puppis A Supernova Remnant Resembles a Beautiful Rose

Puppis A Supernova Remnant Resembles a Beautiful Rose

The stellar explosion may have startled some ancient people

  • 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

 
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