Tour of Fastest Moving Pulsar
June 30, 2012
The fastest moving pulsar may have been found about 30,000 light years from Earth. This object is known as IGR J1104-6103 and may be racing away from a supernova remnant at about 6 million miles per hour. If confirmed, this would challenge theorists to create models that explain such super speeds out of supernova explosions. A trio of telescopes – Chandra, XMM-Newton, and the Parkes radio telescope – was used in this finding. credit: NASA
Topics:
Supernovae, Pulsar, Star types, Astronomy, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, XMM-Newton, Supernova, Crab Nebula, Supernova remnants, Radio astronomy, Chandra X-ray Observatory
