Each pulsar has its own signature pulse rate, making them easy to identify, and ideal as reference points on a map. Frank Drake used 14 pulsars to create a map with our sun at the center.

The newly announced discovery, ASKAP J183950.5−075635.0 – or ASKAP J1839-0756 to its friends – is the most extreme example yet, with 6.45 hours between each main pulse. Halfway between ASKAP ...

The pace could be caused by a flashing magnetic field rather than pulsar rotation alone. Pulsars and “long-period radio transients” can pulse anywhere between once every 10 seconds and once ...

and pulsar emission mechanism physics. Utilizing the most sensitive radio telescopes in the world, we can estimate the arrival times of pulses traveling for thousands of years from pulsars to reach us ...

At first, we had no idea the source was emitting periodic radio pulses. Only a single burst had been detected during the initial observation. Artist’s impression of a pulsar. Credit: Swinburne ...

Pulsar hunting nights are now the new way to stargaze. These evenings let participants detect signals from pulsars, which are ...

"We observe this as a pulsed emission, usually with one or two pulses per rotation. The specific pulsar I'm discussing is known as the Crab Pulsar, located in the center of the Crab Nebula 6,000 ...

Pulsars are the remnants of large stars that exploded in a supernova. Check out these 7 stunning pulsar images shared by NASA ...

X-ray pulsar navigation (XNAV) is an innovative technique that utilizes the regular pulses emitted by X-ray pulsars to determine the position and velocity of spacecraft in space. This method is ...

We’re still a bit shocked that a pulsar can spin so slowly and still create radio pulses. Apparently radio pulsars can be slower than we expected. This challenges and informs our theories for how ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." An extremely slow pulsar has made scientists “slow down” their assumptions about other pulsars. The pace ...

Most pulsars, the faster-spinning cousins of ASKAP J1839-0756, are like one-sided flashlights. The axis they spin around is closely aligned to the axis of their magnetic field, which means we only see ...