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

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

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

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

Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, scientists have detected numerous plasma structures near a twinkling pulsar, J0437-4715, revealing new insights into our cosmic neighborhood. The study unveils ...

A pulsar is a neutron star, a super-dense stellar remnant that produces beams of radio waves and an energetic "wind" of particles. The pulsar and its wind move with supersonic speed through the ...

Pulsars are the remnants of giant stars that exploded in a supernova. Check out these 7 breathtaking images of pulsars ...