Pulsars are the whirling dervishes of stars. These ultracompact bodies rotate hundreds of times each second, sweeping radio waves across space. One pulsar is exotic enough, but a closely orbiting pair offers more than double the information about the extreme gravity of these dense bodies.
PULSAR PARTNERS. Illustration of a newly discovered pair of pulsars.
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