This binary system contains a rapidly spinning millisecond pulsar called PSR J1928+1815 and its helium star companion.
An AI impression of a compact binary...
The Tarantula Nebula is the most important star-forming complex in the Local Group of galaxies, which includes the Milky Way, the Large Magellanic Cloud,...
Astronomers using the MeerKAT Pulsar Timing Array, an international experiment that uses the MeerKAT Radio Telescope in South Africa, have uncovered further...
Using data from the MeerKAT radio telescope and NSF’s Green Bank Telescope, astronomers have discovered ten new millisecond plusars in the globular cluster...
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided a stunning new view of the Crab Nebula, including the highest-quality infrared data yet available...
Neutron stars typically rotate at fast speeds, taking just seconds or even a fraction of a second to fully spin on their axis. However, a neutron star...
Astronomers using CSIRO’s Australia Telescope Compact Array have captured the most detailed radio image ever seen of 47 Tucanae, the second brightest...
30 Doradus B, also cataloged as NGC 2060, is found in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
At the center of this complex...
Spider pulsars are a type of millisecond pulsar that strips their companion stars of their atmospheres through energetic winds.
This composite image shows...
The millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 is known to switch between two brightness modes almost constantly, something that until now has been an enigma.
This...
Astrophysicists from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) Collaboration have found evidence for gravitational waves...
White dwarf pulsars include a rapidly spinning, burnt-out stellar remnant called a white dwarf, which lashes a companion red dwarf with powerful beams...
The Hubble team has released a very beautiful close-up shot of the star-studded globular cluster NGC 6544.
This Hubble image shows NGC 6544, a globular...
The Breakthrough Listen Investigation for Periodic Spectral Signals (BLIPSS) is a novel software architecture utilizing a fast folding algorithm to enable...
Located 6,500 light-years away in the constellation of Taurus, the Crab Nebula and its pulsar formed in a supernova whose light reached Earth in July 1054.
This...
Magnetars are neutron stars with ultra-strong magnetic fields, which can be observed in X-rays. Polarization measurements could provide information on...
The significant gamma-ray emission is coming from a population of millisecond pulsars within the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy, an elliptical loop-shaped...
SNR G106.3+2.7, a supernova remnant located about 2,600 light-years away in the constellation of Cepheus, is producing protons with energies 10 times greater...
