Scientists may have detected evidence of dark matter lurking in the shadows of the universe using the help of incredibly fast-spinning neutron stars, according to new research. These objects, called ...

A gamma ray glow at our galaxy’s center has puzzled scientists for almost two decades. New computer simulations back the ...

Tantalizing evidence of potential dark matter objects has been detected with the help of the Universe's 'timekeepers'. These pulsars -- neutron stars which rotate and emit lighthouse-like beams of ...

Imagine a star so dense that a teaspoon of its material would weigh as much as Mount Everest, spinning hundreds of times per second while beaming radio waves across the universe. These are pulsars, ...

For years, astronomers have been using the extremely steady flashes of light emanating from pulsars, the highly magnetized remains of dead stars that spin like cosmic lighthouses, to keep time on an ...

The sweeping beams of cosmic lighthouses called pulsars are much more energetic than previously thought, calling into question the bulbs that power them. A new analysis, from the High Energy ...

A new discovery has upended the widely held view that all pulsars are orderly ticking clocks of the universe. A survey done at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico has fortuitously discovered two ...

Astronomers report the discovery of two new highly scattered pulsars as part of the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) Variables and Slow Transients (VAST) survey. The findings are detailed in a ...

A "clutter" of rapidly spinning neutron stars are evaporating the stars around them, as seen by the Chandra X-ray Space Telescope. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A little bit of “scruff” in scientific data 50 years ago led to the discovery of pulsars — rapidly spinning dense stellar corpses that appear to pulse at Earth. Astronomer Jocelyn Bell made the chance ...

This artist's concept shows a pulsar, which is like a lighthouse, as its light appears in regular pulses as it rotates. Pulsars are dense remnants of exploded stars, and are part of a class of objects ...