Tremendously bright pulsar may be 1 of many
Oxnard CA (SPX) Oct 30, 2014 - Recently, a team of astronomers reported discovering a pulsating star that appears to shine with the energy of 10 million suns. The find, which was announced in Nature, is the brightest pulsar - a type of rotating neutron star that emits a bright beam of energy that regularly sweeps past Earth like a lighthouse beam - ever seen. But what are the odds finding another one? According to one o ... more

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