UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – A new type of pulsating star has been discovered. Penn State says its researchers were part of an international team that found the star, which has a brightness that oscillates ...
A star that pulsates on just one side has been discovered in the Milky Way about 1500 light years from Earth. It is the first of its kind to be found and scientists expect to find many more similar ...
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An international team of astronomers reports the detection of gamma-ray pulsations from the millisecond pulsar (MSP) known as PSR J0952−0607. The finding, available in a paper published May 27 on ...
It's located 1,500 light-years from Earth, weighs about 1.7 times the mass of the sun, has the shape of a teardrop and pulsates on just one side. Scientists recently discovered this very unusual star, ...