Radio pulsations detected from the gamma-ray millisecond pulsar PSR J2039−5617

Wednesday, August 5, 2020 - 08:50 in Astronomy & Space

Using the Parkes telescope, an international team of astronomers has performed a monitoring campaign of a gamma-ray millisecond pulsar (MSP) known as PSR J2039−5617. The observations detected radio pulsations from this source, which sheds light on the nature of this object. The finding is reported in a paper published July 29 on arXiv.org.

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