Tag: Pulsar

Interesting Astronomy & Astrophysics news from the week of 3/1/2021

Next week’s night sky: When the moon reaches its third-quarter phase at 8:30 p.m. EST on Friday, March 5 (or 1:30 GMT on Saturday, March 6), it will rise in the middle of the night, and then remain visible in the southern sky all morning. At this phase, the moon is half-illuminated, on its western side – towards the pre-dawn sun. Third-quarter moons are positioned ahead of the Earth in our trip around the Sun. About 3½ hours later, Earth will occupy that same location in space. […]

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Interesting Astronomy & Astrophysics news from the week of 1/31/2021

Next Week’s Night Sky: At 19:05 GMT on Thursday, Feb. 11, the moon will officially reach its new moon phase. While new, the moon is travelling between Earth and the sun. Since sunlight can only reach the far side of the moon, and the moon is in the same region of the sky as the sun, the moon becomes completely hidden from view for about a day. After the new moon Earth’s celestial night-light will return to shine in the western evening sky. A Black Widow Pulsar […]

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The top ten coolest things in space

This is a list of what I consider to be the top ten coolest things in space! 1. Thorne-Zytkow object First is a Thorne-Zytkow object. These objects form when a pulsar worms its way into the body of a different star. Although these objects would appear to be almost normal, they would house all sorts of strange elements that would never appear in a regular star. The only one that we know of in the entire universe is called HV 2112. 2. The Fermi Bubbles Second, the […]

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All about neutron stars and pulsars

You might have heard about neutron stars and pulsars referred to as exotic deep space objects, but what actually are they? Neutron stars Let’s start with neutron stars. Neutron stars are formed from the stars in the universe that are almost the heaviest, but not quite. When these massive stars collapse, the product is called a neutron star. To learn more about the process of collapsing, click here: https://theastroenthusiast.com/all-about-black-holes/. Usually, the stars that make neutron stars are 400 Million miles across, but these stars are squished into […]

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