300 gamma-ray-bursting neutron stars found in a massive mass, some of them ‘spider pulsars’
The Fermi gamma-ray space telescope discovered nearly 300 rapidly rotating neutron stars. Each of the newly discovered objects scans two beams of radiation across the universe like a cosmic lighthouse. These neutron stars are known to rotate hundreds of times per second and are specifically called millisecond pulsars; Before Fermi’s launch in 2008, humanity was… Read More »