Neutron stars are so named because in the simplest of models they are made of neutrons. They form when the core of a large star collapses, and the weight of gravity causes atoms to collapse. Electrons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Main) An illustration of a rapidly spinning neutron star or pulsar (inset) a VLITE 340 MHz image of GLIMPSE-C01A from February 27 ...

For more than two decades, a radio signal from the Crab pulsar has displayed perfectly spaced bands. This observation has long intrigued the astronomical community, as no other pulsar shows ...

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These speedy pulsars get their name from having spin periods in the milliseconds, whereas normal neutron stars spin in the seconds range. The amped-up speeds of millisecond pulsars are likely thanks ...

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Pulsars are highly magnetised, rotating neutron stars that emit beams of radiation detectable from Earth, while many pulsars coexist in binary systems with companion stars. In these systems, the ...

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An international team of astronomers using a state-of-the-art receiver system on the 305-m Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has discovered a binary pulsar system which promises to be an ...