Observing twinkling pulsars to understand mysterious interstellar plasma - Phys.org
7/19/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 9 months ago
by Kris Walker and Dr Daniel Reardon
by Kris Walker and Dr Daniel Reardon
Pulsars—rapidly-spinning remnants of stars that flash like a lighthouse—occasionally show extreme variations in brightness. Scientists predict that these short bursts of brightness happen because dense regions of interstellar plasma (the hot gas between stars…
Pulsarsrapidly-spinning remnants of stars that flash like a lighthouseoccasionally show extreme variations in brightness. Scientists predict that these short bursts of brightness happen because dense… [+4046 chars]
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