Death and Birth of Stars – Page 23 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Student Discovers Strange Astronomical Object

Posted on September 22, 2009April 5, 2017

A West Virginia high-school student analyzing data from a giant radio telescope has discovered a new astronomical object — a strange type of neutron star called a rotating radio transient.

Artist's impression of neutron star and companion

Missing Link Revealing Fast-Spinning Pulsar Mysteries

Posted on May 21, 2009April 5, 2017

Astronomers have discovered a unique double-star system that represents a missing link stage in what they believe is the birth process of the most rapidly-spinning stars in the Universe — millisecond pulsars.

Artist's Conception of Double Pulsar System PSR J0737-3039A/B.

Unique Stellar System Gives Einstein a Thumbs-Up

Posted on July 3, 2008April 5, 2017

Taking advantage of a unique cosmic coincidence, astronomers have measured an effect predicted by Albert Einstein’s theory of General Relativity in the extremely strong gravity of a pair of superdense neutron stars.

SN 2007uy and NGC 2770 before SN 2008D exploded

Luck Reveals Stellar Explosion’s First Moments

Posted on May 21, 2008April 5, 2017

Through a stroke of luck, astronomers have witnessed the first violent moments of a stellar explosion known as a supernova.

Comparing Orbits of Pulsar and Its Companion to our Solar System.

Weird Stellar Pair Puzzles Scientists

Posted on May 15, 2008April 5, 2017

Astronomers have discovered a speedy spinning pulsar in an elongated orbit around an apparent Sun-like star, a combination never seen before, and one that has them puzzled about how the strange system developed.

Youngest Stellar Explosion in Our Galaxy Discovered

Posted on May 14, 2008April 5, 2017

Astronomers have found the remains of the youngest supernova, or exploded star, in our Galaxy.

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