Chandra Reveals Pulsar Punching Hole in Stellar Disk

Data from Chandra reveal that a pulsar in orbit around a massive star punched through a circumstellar disk of material, jettisoning a clump of material from the double star system at incredibly high speeds. A fast-moving pulsar appears to have punched a hole in a disk of gas around its companion star and launched a […]
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