Article 3QYGH Scientists Observe ‘Black Widow’ Pulsar in Mind-Boggling Resolution

Scientists Observe ‘Black Widow’ Pulsar in Mind-Boggling Resolution

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Ryan F. Mandelbaum
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Thanks to a quirk of astrophysics, astronomers were able to observe features just tens of kilometers apart near a spinning neutron star located 6,500 light-years away from Earth. This is like using a telescope in your backyard to see DNA strands on the moon.

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