18 January 2017
The unusual tails of a pulsar give a clue as to what type of pulse it generates
... emission signatures of these objects. By using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers observed the pulsar wind nebulae (PWN) of Geminga and B0355+54. PWN are donut-shaped rings known as tori that are generated when the energetic particles...
12 September 2018
Birth of new star from a supernova seen for first time
... ashes of the supernova, if it has a magnetic field and rotates fast enough, it may develop into a pulsar wind nebula. "If there truly is a pulsar or magnetar wind nebula at the centre of the exploded star, it could push from the inside out and even...
