Pulsar
2 reportsPulsar is an astronomical object studied through its light, motion, composition, environment, and population context. Current understanding relies on formation history, spectral type, and population distribution, with uncertainty tracked across measurement, classification, and reconstruction.
Work involving Pulsar is reported through population context, while also considering formation history and spectral type. For spectral type, the primary record comes from multiwavelength observations, with distance or orbit estimates providing a separate test; the account does not overlook that limited viewing geometry and indirect measurements can leave competing explanations.
Work involving Pulsar is reported through population context, while also considering formation history and spectral type. For spectral type, the primary record comes from multiwavelength observations, with distance or orbit estimates providing a separate test; the account does not overlook that limited viewing geometry and indirect measurements can leave competing explanations.
XRISM Tracks Stellar Wind Falling Onto a Pulsar
XRISM has traced iron-rich plasma moving toward the pulsar GX 301-2 at about 540,000 kph, providing spectroscopic evidence that a neutron star captures its giant companion's stellar wind and powers recurring X-ray flares.
NASA's IXPE Maps Magnetic Field of Unusual Pulsar in Milky Way
Astronomers have used NASA's Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer to directly map the magnetic field around the pulsar PSR J1101-6101, revealing how high-energy particles stream through the Milky Way and testing long-standing theoretical predictions