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Nov 11

NASA's Fermi Finds Youngest Millisecond Pulsar, 100 Pulsars To-Date

Source: NASA Fermi


Image credits:NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration.

An international team of scientists using NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a surprisingly powerful millisecond pulsar that challenges existing theories about how these objects form.

At the same time, another team has located nine new gamma-ray pulsars in Fermi data, using improved analytical techniques.(read more)

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