Radio waves have been detected from what appears to be a pulsar, with just one problem ... The study is published in Nature Astronomy.

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." An extremely slow pulsar has made scientists “slow down” their assumptions about other pulsars. The pace ...

An international team of astronomers has reported the discovery of a new pulsar, which received the designation PSR J1631–4722. The newfound pulsar, which is young and energetic, turns out to be ...

Liu Kuo and Chen Siyuan were part of multinational group that won Royal Astronomical Society award for work on nanohertz ...

Ultra-luminous X-ray sources (ULXs) are point sources in the sky that are so bright in X-rays that each emits more radiation than 1 million suns emit at all wavelengths. Although they are less ...

Head of the Pulsar Group of the Jodrell Bank Observatory/Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics (2005-2009), Associate Director of the Jodrell Bank Observatory (2007-2009), Professor for Astrophysics at ...

The discovery has been published in Nature Astronomy. The researchers believe ASKAP J1839-075, is a "pulsar", a high-energy neutron star that releases short bursts of radio waves. But conventional ...

T he Crab Pulsar, a remnant of a supernova whose explosion was visible from Earth in 1054, emits a mysterious radio signal known as the "zebra" pattern. This signal has long intrigued scientists ...