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NASA X-ray telescope ‘weighs’ fastest-spinning dead star closest to Earth

When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. (Main) Illustration of a rapidly spinning neutron star, or pulsar (inset) millisecond pulsar PSR J0437-4715. | Credit: NASA/Sharon Morsink/Devarshi Choudhury et al. Astronomers using the NASA X-ray telescope aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have weighed a rapidly spinning,… Read More »

Rapidly spinning ‘extreme’ neutron star discovered by US Navy research trainee

Amaris McCarver, an intern in the Remote Sensing Division at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), and a team of astronomers have discovered a rapidly spinning neutron star that is emitting beams of radiation like a lighthouse across the universe. The rapidly spinning neutron star, or “pulsar,” is located within the dense star cluster Glimpse-CO1,… Read More »