Faint radio signals detected from previously silent 'Blue Eye' neutron star for the first time
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Keith Cooper
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Astronomers have detected faint radio emissions from a previously silent neutron star nicknamed the 'Blue Eye Pulsar' — a rare discovery after decades of silence. This suggests that many more pulsars may exist in our galaxy than previously thought, as some neutron stars may be emitting signals too faint to have been detected until now.
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Twitter / XFaint radio signals detected from previously silent 'Blue Eye' neutron star for the first timespace.comKey quotes
· 2 pulledSilent neutron stars at the center of supernova blast sites may actually be whispering softly, following the detection of faint radio emissions coming from one such object for the first time.
The discovery raises the prospect that there could be many more pulsars in our galaxy than we thought.
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