Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

Astronomers Have Found the Fastest Spinning Neutron Star


In 2005 astronomers found a pulsar rotating at 716 times a second. Now a team studying an X-ray binary has found another neutron star spinning at that rate.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Universe Today

Read more on:

Photo of Astronomers

Astronomers

Related news:

News photo

Astronomers Predict the Orbits of Potentially Hazardous Comets From Meteor Showers

News photo

Astronomers Defy the Zone of Avoidance to Find Hundreds of New Galaxies

News photo

Astronomers Map the Shape of a Black Hole's Corona for the First Time