Compact Object
Binary Pulsar
A pulsar locked in orbit with a companion.
Pulsars in binary systems — vital laboratories for testing general relativity, including the first detection of orbital decay from gravitational waves.
Overview
Pulsars in binary systems — vital laboratories for testing general relativity, including the first detection of orbital decay from gravitational waves.
See also
Millisecond Pulsar
A pulsar spinning hundreds of times per second.
Anomalous X-ray Pulsar
An X-ray-bright magnetar that defies normal pulsar physics.
X-ray Binary
A compact object devouring a stellar companion.
Neutron Star
An ultra-dense stellar corpse, mostly neutrons.
Pulsar
A spinning neutron star beaming radio pulses.
Magnetar
A neutron star with a colossal magnetic field.