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South Africa telescope catches faint pulse from Blue Eye Pulsar after decades of silence

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Wyatt Fischer
South Africa telescope catches faint pulse from Blue Eye Pulsar after decades of silence
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Astronomers using South Africa's MeerKAT telescope have detected faint pulses from the 'Blue Eye Pulsar,' a neutron star previously thought to be radio-silent. This discovery helps explain why some supernova remnants appear to lack pulsars, suggesting they may simply be quieter than current detection methods allow.

Combined radio and X-ray images made the object look like a glowing blue eye.

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