Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
Music: \"Fascination\" from Universal Production Music
Watch this video on the NASA.gov Video YouTube channel.
Complete transcript available.
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Paradoxically, their older siblings, called millisecond pulsars (MSPs), spin much faster, up to hundreds of times a second, thanks to the effects of a stream of matter pulled from a companion star. In spider systems, the companion is all but consumed. The most energetic spiders may fully evaporate their companions, leaving behind only an isolated MSP. Studying pulsars provides insights into the interplay of gravity, radiation, and magnetic fields with matter in the most extreme state we can observe directly.The WorldWide Telescope is a tool for showcasing astronomical data and knowledge. 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