Waspie_Dwarf Posted September 16, 2014 #1 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Pulse of a Dead Star Powers Intense Gamma Rays Our Milky Way galaxy is littered with the still-sizzling remains of exploded stars.When the most massive stars explode as supernovas, they don't fade into the night, but sometimes glow ferociously with high-energy gamma rays. What powers these energetic stellar remains? NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, is helping to untangle the mystery. The observatory's high-energy X-ray eyes were able to peer into a particular site of powerful gamma rays and confirm the source: A spinning, dead star called a pulsar. Pulsars are one of several types of stellar remnants that are left over when stars blow up in supernova explosions. Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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