Scientists find the slowest spinning ‘radio neutron star’ that breaks all the dead star rules

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Neutron stars

SCIENTISTS FIND THE SLOWEST SPINNING ‘RADIO NEUTRON STAR’ THAT BREAKS ALL

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All About Space Magazine

11 July, 2024

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Earliest black hole discovered

A supermassive black hole has been discovered that formed when the Universe was just 3 per cent of its current age – around 500 million years after the Big Bang, or 13.3 billion years ago. Found in th

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Black holes

Get sucked into an astronomical mystery as we get in a spin with the universe’s heaviest objects.

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The galaxies that shouldn't exist

When the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launched on Christmas Day 2021, astronomers hoped it would revolutionise our understanding of the early stages of the Universe. And they were right. Almost a

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First-ever evidence of stellar ‘double detonation’ captured

SNR 0509-67.5. Calcium is shown in blue and ...

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Astronomy from the far side

Astronomers love a challenge. They place their observatories on the highest mountains, in the driest deserts, on the coldest ice shelves, beneath the deepest oceans, in orbit around Earth and the Sun,