Using the 4.1-meter SOAR Telescope in Chile, astronomers have discovered the first example of a binary system where a star in the process of becoming a white dwarf is orbiting a neutron star that has just finished turning into a rapidly spinning pulsar. The pair, originally detected by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, is a “missing link” in the evolution of such binary systems.
The release, images and videos are available on:
https://noirlab.edu/public/news/noirlab2202/
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NOIRLab Communications, Education & Engagement
12 Jan. 2022
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