An international group of astronomers from Germany, the United States and other countries have discovered a cluster of exotic pulsars located at the center of the Milky Way galaxy, 18,000 light-years from Earth. The study was published in the scientific journal magazine Astronomy and Astrophysics (A&A).
Pulsars are rapidly spinning neutron stars, the superdense cores left over from the collapse of massive stars.
According to the team’s findings, the objects discovered include three “spider pulsars” capable of destroying other stars with their plasma webs, as well as a “vampire pulsar” that consumes a companion star. Scientists have described these celestial bodies as “monster stars” due to their destructive nature.
It turns out that the home of a group of peculiar pulsars is the globular cluster Terzan 5, one of the most “densely populated” regions of our galaxy and known for its high density of stars.
The discovery of a “giant cluster” of menacing neutron stars could help astronomers better understand pulsars and how evolution in a globular cluster might affect them, astronomers added.
Earlier scientists managed Weigh the closest pulsar to Earth.
Source: Gazeta
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