A camel in a sea of dromedaries: an intriguing second bump of radiation from the Vela pulsar
Today’s paper sees the Vela pulsar in a new [gamma-ray] light!
Do Pulsars surf on waves of dark matter?
If every pulsar had more motion
Across the galactic plane
Then they’d all be surfin’
On fuzzy dark matter, yeah
UR: Analyzing Orbits of Black Widow Pulsars
In the latest of our Undergrad Research series, discover how Justine Singleton fit different pulsar lightcurves as part of NANOGrav.
For One Observation, and One Observation Only: a Magnetar?
A bright source of radio pulses appeared for 20 minutes, but hasn’t been seen before or since. How could we possibly learn more about it? Read today’s bite to find out!
Playing Hide and Seek with a Pulsar
Today’s authors spotted the emission from a pulsar that hasn’t been seen in almost 20 years. Why has it been hiding, and what can we learn about it?
Some Pretty Far Out Gammas: A New Detection of Extended VHE Gamma-ray Emission Around Geminga
Today’s authors report on a new detection of the Geminga pulsar wind nebula and what this means for understanding the ultra high energy universe!