Double Neutron Star (IMAGE)

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Double Neutron Star

Caption

This is an artist's impression of pulsar PSR J1930-1852 shown in orbit around a companion neutron star. Discovered by a team of high school students, this pulsar has the widest orbit ever observed around another neutron star.

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B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

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