A Cosmic Lighthouse Born from a Star's Explosion ⚡ экспресс
Original: "VLBI Observations of SN 2012au Reveal a Compact Radio Source a Decade Post Explosion"
In a distant galaxy, after a star explosion, astronomers may be witnessing the birth of a pulsar — a cosmic lighthouse, possibly for the first time.
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Ten years after the supernova explosion, astronomers saw how its 'heart' — a tiny neutron star — ignited a radio nebula around it. If the hunch is correct, this is the first extragalactic pulsar nursery available for study.
🎯 Some pulsars spin up to 700 times per second — faster than the crankshaft of a Formula 1 racing car.