Scientists have witnessed a first in something like star recycling: a slow-spinning pulsar star fading fast and being transformed into a superfast millisecond pulsar with a super-long life.
A team of Canadian, British, Dutch, Australian and U.S. scientists used the Robert C. Byrd radio telescope at Green Bank, West Virginia, to observe nearly a third of the celestial stunner.
Their results were published online by the journal Science on Thursday.
A team of Canadian, British, Dutch, Australian and U.S. scientists used the Robert C. Byrd radio telescope at Green Bank, West Virginia, to observe nearly a third of the celestial stunner.
Their results were published online by the journal Science on Thursday.
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