Young pulsar has a split personality

There’s a new addition to the pulsar family of celestial objects, astronomers announced last week.

An artist’s representation of a pulsar. Curved lines represent magnetic fields. NASA/Honeywell Max Q Digital Grp., D. Berry

At approximately 700 years of age, PSR J1846-0258, in the Kes 75 supernova remnant, is a mere babe among pulsars.