Exotic Objects, Stars Pulsar with widest orbit ever detected, discovered by high school research team
Exotic Objects, Stars A white dwarf pulls matter from its binary and explodes in a nova. Yet when the mass hits a certain limit, the star bursts in a type Ia supernova and is destroyed. Why the difference?
Exotic Objects Why do we see a flash instead of a constant signal from a millisecond pulsar, which spins 20-700 times per second? Is that not fast enough to maintain a steady beam of light?
