Artist's impression of PSR J2039?5617 and its companion. The binary system consists of a rapidly rotating neutron star (IMAGE)

University of Manchester

Artist's impression of PSR J2039?5617 and its companion. The binary system consists of a rapidly rotating neutron star

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Artist's impression of PSR J2039?5617 and its companion. The binary system consists of a rapidly rotating neutron star

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Knispel/Clark/Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics/NASA GSFC

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