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Millisecond pulsars discovered

May 7 , 2021 1174 days 854 0
  • A group of astronomers have discovered 8 milli second Pulsars.
  • These pulsars are located within the dense clusters of stars called the “Globular Clusters”.
  • The Pulsars were discovered using the MeerKAT telescope located in South Africa.
  • The Milli second pulsars are the most compact stars known to mankind.
  • The Milli second pulsars are made of neutrons.
  • Their mass is hundreds of thousands of times the mass of the earth.
  • They emit beams of radio waves.

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