Guest: The on-again, off-again lives of intermittent pulsars
Are we missing out on a crucial stage of pulsar evolution? Guest author Tibby Finn Leeming shows how a lack of data can sometimes be misleading.
Sometimes You Do Have to Consider Them: Observing Magnetic Fields Using Pulsar Halos
Whether you like them or not, magnetic fields permeate the interstellar medium. Today’s paper outlines a novel way of observing them!
The Dark Matter Redemption Arc for Neutron Star Equations of State
Could dark matter be shaping neutron star properties from the shadows?
The Standard Model HATES them! Find out the PULSAR’S ONE WEIRD TRICK to Search for Axions
Pulsars may hold the secret to physics beyond the Standard Model. Find out how in today’s Bite!
How to Have the Best Time with Atomic Clocks and Millisecond Pulsars
What time is it? For many applications, ranging from GPS navigation to interferometry-based astronomy, answering this question with extreme precision is crucial. To do so, one needs a highly stable clock. Currently, the most stable clocks are atomic clocks, but they are not perfect. Today’s paper presents a method to improve the stability of the time signal from atomic clocks by combining it with the time signal from millisecond pulsars.
How to Find Supermassive Black Hole Binaries in Pulsar Timing Array data without the Pulsars
Pulsar timing arrays could localise individual sources of gravitational waves to host galaxies. The problem is, it’s so computationally difficult! This paper shows us a faster way.