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See the stunning Vela supernova remnant in exquisite detail in expansive image
It lives on as the Vela pulsar, a type of ultra-dense core called a neutron star that has a powerful magnetic field that causes it to pulse with radio, optical, X-ray, and gamma wavelengths like a ...
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Dark Energy Camera captures remains of a massive star that exploded nearly 11,000 years ago in huge gigapixel image
The neutron star, named the Vela Pulsar, is now an ultra-condensed object with the mass of a star like the sun contained in a sphere just a few kilometers across. Located in the lower left region ...
Pulsars are the remnants of large stars that exploded in a supernova. They are made up of a collection of neutrons, and have strong magnetic fields that accelerate parti…
Pulsars are the remnants of large stars that exploded in a supernova. Check out these 7 stunning pulsar images shared by NASA ...
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Evidence in Support of a Rotational Model for the Pulsar PSR 0833–45
Measurements of the pulsar tentatively identified with the supernova remnant Vela X support the rotational model. This pulsar is remarkable for the very high degree of linear polarization in its ...