Tag Archives: Spinning

Using the world’s most advanced radio telescopes, astronomers have discovered a spinning dead star so rare, strange and unique that they have dubbed it a “cosmic unicorn.” The unique properties of this object, CHIME J1634+44, challenge our current understanding of spinning dead stars and their environments. CHIME J1634+44, also known as ILT J163430+445010 (J1634+44), is part of a class of …

Astronomers have discovered that radiation emitted by a rapidly spinning neutron star, or “pulsar,” is dominated by the impact of its powerful particle winds — and not by the material it strips from a companion star. The pulsar in question is PSR J1023+0038 (J1023), which sits in a binary system located 4,500 light-years away from Earth. This binary consists of …

Earth Is Spinning Faster and Days Are Getting Shorter, for Now  The New York Times For a few days this summer, your days will be just a smidge shorter  The Washington Post July 9 may be the shortest day ever in history, scientists say. How much time will we lose?  NOLA.com Did you feel it? Earth just had one of its shortest days …