Showing posts with label X-Ray Pulsar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label X-Ray Pulsar. Show all posts
Thursday, September 26, 2013
X-Ray Pulsar Pair Caught Morphing - Video
It’s like watching siblings tussle: Astronomers have finally witnessed a long-sought example of pulsar evolution. Designated PSR J1824-2452I, this X-ray Binary is being spun up to millisecond speeds by a tiny companion, 1/5th the Sun’s mass.
Credit: CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science / Music: Atom Strange
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