Astronomers have discovered a magnetar, a pulsar with an incredibly strong magnetic field, at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. This magnetar could be used as a way to observe the supermassive black ...

Astronomers have measured the strongest magnetic field ever found in the universe. The honor goes to a powerful type of neutron star, with a surface magnetic field of over 1.6 billion Tesla. The newly ...

Pulsars are astronomical laboratories where nature plays with extreme gravity and electromagnetic phenomena. Formed in the deaths of massive stars, these bodies shine and influence their environment ...

A long look at a young pulsar with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory revealed unexpectedly rapid cooling, which suggests that it contains much denser matter than previously expected. The pulsar&#39 ...

Astronomers and physicists using the Cornell-managed Arecibo Telescope in Puerto Rico have discovered radio interpulses from the Crab Nebula pulsar that feature never-before-seen radio emission ...

BEIJING - Scientists have discovered what might be the main factor slowing down the rotation speed of the mysterious pulsars. The Chinese-led research provides important clues to the spin-down ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For the first time, astronomers have tracked the evolution of a pulsar's magnetic field over time ...

Using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA), astronomers have performed high-resolution observations of a nearby ...

Using China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST), researchers have uncovered new magnetic field structures in a rare class of binary star systems known as spider pulsars, ...

A long look at a young pulsar with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory revealed unexpectedly rapid cooling, which suggests that it contains much denser matter than previously expected. The pulsar’s cool ...

For the first time, astronomers have tracked the evolution of a pulsar's magnetic field over time, watching as it slowly tilts toward the dead star's equator. The new observations of the pulsar, ...