UR #27 : Plucking the Web: Seeking Spider Pulsars Using a Jerk Search Algorithm
Today’s undergraduate research post is looking for ‘spiders’ in unidentified sources which emit gamma-rays.
The First Gamma-Ray Pulsar Confirmed by the People
A redback pulsar slowly accreting its companion has been confirmed, by the people, through gamma-ray pulsations for the first time.
Aaand Boom Goes the Magnetar
Two collaborations, one bright, millisecond duration Galactic radio burst. Has the mystery of the source of fast radio bursts been solved?
A Pulsar’s Surface Map Gets a NICER Update
Recent X-ray observations of a pulsar reveal a stranger configuration of “hot spots” than previously thought.
The Mysterious Pulsars That Switch On and Off
Pulsars emit radio radiation, but sometimes they just randomly switch off. Why is that?
Are pulsars having a (gravitational) wobble?
Wobbling pulsars might reveal gravitational waves from the distant past and future. Find out how in this Astrobite.