XMM-Newton Watches Lazy Pulsar
June 24, 2008
XMM-Newton has, for the first time, detected signals from both stars of a binary pulsar system in X-rays, unveiling a scientific goldmine. Each star of the closely-packed system is a dense neutron star, spinning extremely fast, radiating X-rays in pulses.
You can read more here: http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1445961/xmmnewton_eyes_binary_pulsar_system_in_xrays/index.html
Topics:
Stars, Star types, Astronomy, Binary pulsar, XMM-Newton, X-ray pulsar, Neutron star, Pulsar, Radio astronomy
