Crab Nebula’s pulsar exhibits unique zebra-like radiation patterns. Plasma diffraction identified as the cause of the unusual emission. Study unlocks new methods for understanding young neutron stars.

A pulsar's radiation is getting refracted by plasma in the magnetosphere. Historical records from around the world describe a bright star appearing in the sky in the year 1054. Today, astronomers ...

The Crab Nebula is the remnant of a supernova that appeared in 1054. "Historical records, including Chinese accounts, describe an unusually bright star appearing in the sky," said the KU researcher.

The Crab Nebula is a supernova remnant that contains a neutron star at its core, which has condensed into a pulsar. This pulsar, only 12 miles wide, spins rapidly and emits beams of electromagnetic ...

But this wasn't just any supernova. It was a supernova that would eventually lead to the formation of the Crab Nebula — a collage of interstellar gas and dust illuminated by the energy expelled ...

THE Crab Nebula in Taurus, which has the distinction of being No. 1 in Messier's Catalogue, is of peculiar interest, as is shown by articles published respectively in L'Astronomie (August 1939 ...

But this wasn't just any supernova. It was a supernova that would eventually lead to the formation of the Crab Nebula — a collage of interstellar gas and dust illuminated by the energy expelled during ...

A theoretical astrophysicist from the University of Kansas, Mikhail Medvedev, has potentially solved a nearly two-decade-old mystery regarding the “zebra” pattern seen in high-frequency radio pulses ...

LAWRENCE - A theoretical astrophysicist from the University of Kansas may have solved a nearly two-decade-old mystery over the origins of an unusual "zebra" pattern seen in high-frequency radio pulses ...

Tonight will continue to be very windy with strong north-westerly gusts. It will start cloudy with a few showers. However, it will become increasingly dry and clear from the north overnight ...