Some people probably believe that the twinkling effect is produced by the stars themselves, but that is not the case at all.

Astronomers have described the first measurements of plasma layers within an interstellar shock wave that surrounds a pulsar.

With the most powerful radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, we have observed a twinkling star and discovered an ...

The interstellar plasma is turbulent and scatters pulsar radio waves slightly away from a direct, straight line path. The ...

Ever wondered why stars twinkle but planets don’t? Discover the simple science behind this sky mystery and how scientists ...

The scintillation arcs also gave us the velocities of the plasma layers. Far from being as expected, we discovered that one ...

It’s one of the first things any of us learn about astronomy – stars twinkle while planets don’t. However, other point-like objects in the radio sky also twinkle, or “scintillate ...

The effect is similar to how turbulence in Earth's atmosphere makes stars twinkle in the night sky. Pulsar scintillation gives us unique information about plasma structures that are too small and ...