Watch a pulsar's plasma erupt
Scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have discovered pulsars that apparently pulse only in gamma rays.
Published:
January 25, 2010
| Pulsars rank among the most exotic objects astronomers have ever discovered. These cosmic powerhouses are the crushed remains of massive stars. When such a star exhausts its nuclear fuel, its core collapses. |
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