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    Super-fast pulsar feeds on stellar companion

    Jun 11, 2020 2 minutes
    Words by Gemma Lavender

    China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) has uncovered the first known pulsar in Messier 92, a globular star cluster roughly 27,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation of Hercules. The swiftly spinning and pulsating object, which goes by two names – PSR J1717+4307A

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