Exotic Objects

Exotic Objects, Stars

White dwarfs crashing into neutron stars explain loneliest supernovae

Exotic Objects

NASA’s Fermi space telescope reveals new source of gamma rays

Exotic Objects

Because moving charges generate magnetic fields, I would think that a neutron star’s axis of rotation and axis of the magnetic field would line up; Why don’t they?

Exotic Objects, Stars

Fermi finds a “transformer” pulsar

Exotic Objects, Stars

Remarkable white dwarf star possibly coldest, dimmest ever detected

Deep-Sky Objects, Exotic Objects, Stars

Astronomers discover first Thorne-Zytkow object, a bizarre type of hybrid star

Exotic Objects, Galaxies, Stars

Chandra captures galaxy sparkling in X-rays

Exotic Objects, Galaxies

Black hole “batteries” keep blazars going and going

Exotic Objects, Stars

Magnetar formation mystery solved?

Exotic Objects, Galaxies

Astronomers harness the galaxy’s biggest telescope to make most precise measurement of spinning star

Exotic Objects, Stars

Smallest speed jump of pulsar caused by billions of superfluid vortices

Exotic Objects, Stars

A new nova shines in Cygnus