Type of neutron star unknown

2006/03/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

• Astronomia

The death of some stars produces pulsars, neutron stars that spin very fast and emit radiation in one direction. As a result of the rotation, the radiation arrives regularly, as if it were light from a lighthouse. Now radio astronomers have detected for the first time eleven neutron stars that emit irregular radiation.