NASA’s Fermi Mission Finds 300 Gamma-Ray Pulsars (SVS14434 - transitional pulsar art)
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Summary
| Description | This artist's rendering illustrates a possible model for the transitional pulsar J1023. When astronomers can detect pulses in radio (green), the pulsar's energetic outflow holds back its companion's gas stream. Sometimes the stream surges, creating a bright disk around the pulsar that can persist for years. The disk shines brightly in X-rays, and gas reaching the neutron star produces jets that emit gamma rays (magenta), obscuring the pulses until the disk eventually dissipates.Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center |
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| Date | 28 |
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| Author | NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Mark SubbaRao, A. J. Christensen, Francis Reddy, Scott Wiessinger, David A. Smith, Elizabeth Hays |
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Attribution: NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio - Mark SubbaRao, A. J. Christensen, Francis Reddy, Scott Wiessinger, David A. Smith, Elizabeth Hays, 28