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Map of gamma-ray pulsars

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Fermi Tracks Gamma-ray Pulsars

What spins hundreds of times per second, has 100 trillion times the Sun's density, and spews lethal radiation all over interstellar space? Astronomers are closer to knowing the answers, thanks to NASA's newest deep-space observatory.

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Dark Matter or Pulsars? Fermi is on the Case

Something funny is going on within a few hundred light-years of us, creating high-energy electrons that we don't understand. Recent data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope keep the mystery alive.

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Surprising Trove of Gamma-Ray Pulsars

Pulsars flash in radio, but some of them flash a lot more powerfully in gamma rays, due to different processes happening in different places around them.

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NASA Satellite Spots New Type of Pulsar

The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has made its first major discovery.

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Spinning Pulsar Smashes Record

New pulsar picks-up first place as the fastest spinning object yet.

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Binary Pulsar Spins Up a Storm

A unique pair of pulsars is inspiring new models for neutron-star magnetospheres.

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Making Millisecond Pulsars

A three-hour long burst on a neutron star has confirmed many long-suspected fact about the dense, spinning stars.