Sentences with phrase «by nearby pulsars»
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HAWC researchers tested how positrons travel through space by measuring gamma rays, or high - energy light, from two nearby pulsars — Geminga and Monogem — around 900 light - years away.
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«Our analysis does not support previous claims that the two nearby pulsars are responsible for the excess of positrons detected by two space - born telescopes, the Italian - lead PAMELA project and the AMS - 02 detector of NASA,» she says.
By catching and counting particles of light streaming from these nearby stellar engines, the HAWC collaboration showed that the two pulsars are unlikely to be the origin of the positron excess.
The size of this stellar debris field, measured by the patch of sky that glows bright in gamma rays, tells researchers how quickly matter moves relative to a local astrophysical engine — in this case, the nearby pulsars.
This star's capricious behavior appears to be fueled by a nearby companion star and may give new insights into the birth of millisecond pulsars.
To find out whether the jets could be the result of a magnetic field produced by charged ions swirling around in the gas, Eatough and colleagues looked at a nearby pulsar.