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October 03, 2013

Astronomers Uncover a 'Transformer' Pulsar
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Oct 02, 2013
An international team of scientists using a fleet of orbiting X-ray telescopes, including NASA's Swift and Chandra X-ray Observatory, has discovered a millisecond pulsar with a dual identity. In a feat that has never before been observed, the star readily shifts back and forth between two mutually exclusive styles of pulsed emission - one in X-rays, the other in radio. The discovery, say scientists, represents a long-sought intermediate phase in the life of these powerful objects. "This tran ... read more

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