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A pulsar too slow for its age
 
A pulsar too slow for its age

18/12/2011

It is one of the slowest pulsars known, and its slowness seems incompatible with its age

 
Solved the problem of measuring the temperature of the flattened stars
 
Solved the problem of measuring the temperature of the flattened stars

13/12/2011

To measure the temperature of the flattened stars is used a theorem that it has now been shown that it is incomplete

 
Stars have found a new way to die
 
Stars have found a new way to die

01/12/2011

A peculiar burst detected on Christmas Day 2010 points to the merger of two stars, a neutron star and an evolved red giant, after going through a common-envelope stage.