Artist’s impression of spider millisecond pulsar (IMAGE)

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Artist’s impression of spider millisecond pulsar

Caption

An artist’s impression of the spider millisecond pulsar and its small stellar companion. Powerful radiation and the pulsar's "wind" strongly heat the facing side of the star and ejects materials from the companion star. Pulsar’s radio beam (shown by magenta and green) is much fainter when passing through the materials around the companion star compared to other parts.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Cruz deWilde

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