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Spider pulsars in the globular cluster Omega Centauri 🤩

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Visual Description from source in toot: This release features a composite image of a globular cluster, a sphere-shaped collection of stars bound together by gravity. In this conglomeration are eleven spider pulsars, which obliterate their companion stars with strong winds of particles. In the main image of this release, scores of tiny white stars dot the blackness of space, many appearing to glow with a white or hot pink aura. Like other globular clusters, this conglomeration, named Omega Centauri, is more densely packed near the center.
From source in toot: A close up image of the densely-packed center of Omega Centaurus reveals even more stars, blanketing the frame from corner to corner. This close up is presented fully labeled, with a white ring encircling nine of the eleven marked spider pulsars. Each spider pulsar is the spinning core of a collapsed massive star. As they spin, the spider pulsars emit beams of radiation, like light from a lighthouse. The pulsars also produce winds of particles that methodically strip away their companion stars, layer by layer

Centaurus: Cosmic Background | Starry Time

Join Jordan & Kit as they explore the amazing astronomy of the constellation Centaurus -- the centaur!  Episode transcripts: https://www.starrytimepodcast.com/episode-transcripts  Website: https://www.starrytimepodcast.
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