Strange Spinning Star Is 'Missing Link' of Pulsars
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 - 12:30
in Astronomy & Space
A perplexing fast-spinning star just might be the 'missing link' in a long-standing pulsar mystery, scientists say. A newfound neutron star 18,000 light-years from Earth alternates between two kinds of pulsars in a never-before-seen discovery.