Neutron stars are usually seen either as pulsars or as hungry companions in X-ray binary systems. Recently, though, astronomers have spied a hybrid between the two - a neutron star that shows radio pulses that are turned off as the system begins to glow brightly in X-rays and gamma rays. This weeks image shows an artists impression of these two states of this neutron star. Click through to read whats going on in each picture. Image credit: Credit: NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/objects/heapow/archive/compact_objects/transformer_fermi.html
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 12:49:17 +0000