Crab nebula's mystery flashes solved

• Autores: Adam Mann
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3154, 2017, pág. 9
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Waves of charged particles slamming into gas and dust may be responsible for unexpected super-bright flashes in the Crab nebula. At the heart of the nebula is an ultra-dense neutron star--a pulsar whose magnetic field generates intense beams that as the star spins, shine like a lighthouse. Pulsars are some of the most regular objects in the cosmos; the Crab nebula's spins 33 times per second and produces steady electromagnetic radiation