The scintillation arcs also gave us the velocities of the plasma layers. Far from being as expected, we discovered that one ...

Data from the Chandra X-ray Telescope has revealed spider pulsars, which are a group of dead stars, in globular cluster Omega ...

Astronomers have described the first measurements of plasma layers within an interstellar shock wave that surrounds a pulsar.

Pulsars are the remnants of giant stars that exploded in a supernova. Check out these 7 breathtaking images of pulsars ...

The interstellar plasma is turbulent and scatters pulsar radio waves slightly away from a direct, straight line path. The ...

The survey has discovered more than 600 new pulsars so far, including many that are young and exotic. In this paper we report the discovery of 200 pulsars for which we present positional and spin-down ...

Ever wondered why stars twinkle but planets don’t? Discover the simple science behind this sky mystery and how scientists ...

Researchers delved into the curious case of SXP 138, a pulsar in a binary star system whose cosmic clock is not ticking as ...