05-11-2011, 06:42
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Re: Astronomy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15572628
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The Fermi space telescope has spotted the youngest-ever millisecond pulsar - a fast-spinning cosmic "lighthouse" that is the leftovers from a supernova.
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Pulsars are what remains after a supernova collapses a burnt-out star to a dense, highly magnetised ball of neutrons - a neutron star.
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