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Saturday, May 17, 2008 : 1850 Hrs RSS Feeds Astronomers baffled by strange fast-spinning star Melbourne (PTI): Astronomers are puzzled by the discovery of a strange fast-spinning pulsar in an elongated orbit around an apparent Sun-like star, pushing scientists to figure out how this unique system... [read full story]
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An ongoing sky survey using the Cornell-managed Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico has turned up a massive, fast-spinning binary pulsar with a mysterious elongated orbit, researchers say. The pulsar and its companion star challenge currently accepted views of binary pulsar formation and give...
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - Astronomers are baffled after finding an exotic type of star called a pulsar apparently locked in an elongated orbit around a star much like the sun -- an arrangement defying what had been known about such objects. The rapidly spinning pulsar -- an...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Astronomers are baffled after finding an exotic type of star called a pulsar apparently locked in an elongated orbit around a star much like the sun -- an arrangement defying what had been known about such objects. The rapidly spinning pulsar -- an extraordinarily dense...
Orbital Comparison With the Solar System: This diagram shows a comparison of the sizes and strangely elliptical shapes of the orbits of the pulsar J1903+0327 and its possible Sun-like companion star with the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. The sizes of the Sun and the possible companion star...
Washington - Astronomers are baffled after finding an exotic type of star called a pulsar apparently locked in an elongated orbit around a star much like the sun - an arrangement defying what had been known about such objects. The rapidly spinning pulsar - an extraordinarily dense object created...
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Pulsars are a type of rapidly rotating neutron stars with powerful magnetic fields, capable of projecting a beam of electromagnetic radiation that sweeps the surrounding space as they rotate. They are usually found in the company of white dwarf stars, although the latest addition to the long list...
Astronomers baffled by weird pulsar Astronomers are baffled after finding an exotic type of star called a pulsar apparently locked in an elongated orbit around a star much like the sun - an arrangement defying what had been known about such objects. The rapidly spinning pulsar - an...
An obese oddball of a star has left astronomers wondering how it could have formed. Dr David Champion and his colleagues at CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility publish their findings about the star today in the online journal, Science Express. Found with the Arecibo radio telescope in...
Pulsar spins around star with no apparent explanation. Provided by National Radio Astronomy Observatory Astronomers have discovered a pulsar rotating around a Sun-like star in an elongated orbit. European Space Agency / Francesco Ferraro (Bologna Astronomical Observatory) Astronomers have...

