Pulsars are a special type of neutron star that pulses (hence the name), and these neutron stars likely form as the end ...

On November 28, 1967, astronomers found the first pulsar. A pulsar is a super-dense star that rotates super fast. As the ...

Using the Large Phased Array (LPA) and the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope (FAST), astronomers from ...

Pulsars are highly magnetised, rotating neutron stars that emit beams of radiation detectable from Earth, while many pulsars coexist in binary systems with companion stars. In these systems, the ...

Ultimately, we do not understand where glitches come from or exactly what's going on inside pulsars. What do you get when you stare at the same dead star for more than 20 years? Insight into the ...

Postdoctoral Researcher, Pulsar Timing and Gravitational Waves, Swinburne University of Technology With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star ...

Discover seven of the universe’s rarest stars, including white dwarf pulsars and red hypergiants. Learn why astronomers consider these stellar gems exceptionally valuable for studying cosmic evolution ...

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new dusty star-forming galaxy at high redshift. The newfound ...

Like the Sun shining through the clouds in the early morning, a bright star within the star-forming nebula N79 appears to burst forth through a web of cooler gas and dust in this image taken by the ...