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Recent Examples of pulsar
Overlaying Chandra's X-ray data (shown in bright blue) with the radio data reveals the likely cause of the fracture to be an impact from a pulsar, a rapidly spinning neutron star that sends out pulses of radiation at regular intervals.
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Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 7 May 2025
Data from those dishes will be combined to study a range of targets, including pulsars and radio emissions from hydrogen that sits relatively close to our own Milky Way galaxy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2017
The simulation also predicts the possible formation of a rare, hypothetical object known as a black hole pulsar.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 5 June 2025
But pulsars flash much faster than ASKAP J1832 does, on the order of milliseconds to seconds.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 May 2025
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Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 7 May 2025
Data from those dishes will be combined to study a range of targets, including pulsars and radio emissions from hydrogen that sits relatively close to our own Milky Way galaxy.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Nov. 2017
The simulation also predicts the possible formation of a rare, hypothetical object known as a black hole pulsar.
—Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 5 June 2025
But pulsars flash much faster than ASKAP J1832 does, on the order of milliseconds to seconds.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pulsar
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The very largest supernovas leave behind black holes, infamous for their great mystery.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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Since then, astronomers have observed a further 2,000 Type 1a supernovas with different telescopes.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
24 July 2025
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Still, blazars, because of this serendipitous orientation, tend to appear even brighter than the already ridiculously bright quasars.—
Monisha Ravisetti,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Stars burn like celestial nuclear fusion reactors, quasars emit thousands of times the luminosity of the Milky Way galaxy, and asteroids slam into planets.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
4 June 2025
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Even though novas are exceptionally bright, supernovas are brighter—reaching billions of times brighter than the sun at their peak.—
Elizabeth Gamillo,
Smithsonian Magazine,
3 July 2025
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Recorded live at the Lincoln Center, the band plays a bossa-nova take on the song while Gaga sings solo, wearing one of Cher’s own wigs.—
Kristen S. Hé,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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Generally, there is a dichotomy among red supergiants.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Astronomers have captured images of what is thought to be Betelgeuse’s stellar companion – not only detecting a star orbiting a supergiant in a world-first, but solving a mystery that has puzzled astrophysicists for centuries.—
Rosie McCall,
Discover Magazine,
28 July 2025
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These variables offer opportunities to strengthen trust with existing families and network with up-and-coming generations, ultimately achieving results that corporations, primarily focused on quarterly profits, often ignore or struggle to satisfy adequately.—
Geoff Whitmore,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The final crucial variable is the ratio of water to coffee.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Meta's first supercluster, called Prometheus, is slated to go live in 2026.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
21 July 2025
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Zuckerberg said Meta’s first supercluster is called Prometheus, and that the company is building several other multi-gigawatt clusters.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
14 July 2025
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Pulsars are neutron stars — the ultradense leftover cores of long-dead stars — that spin rapidly and emit radiation at regular intervals.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
28 July 2025
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Signals from scattering black holes and neutron stars should be within reach of the next generation of gravitational-wave detectors that are set to come online in the late 2030s.—
Ramin Skibba,
Scientific American,
13 May 2025
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Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope have discovered that a seemingly ordinary white dwarf star is actually the result of a dramatic stellar merger.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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The sun blows off its outer layers and the core is exposed to space, transforming into what astronomers call a white dwarf.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
3 July 2025
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“Pulsar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulsar. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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