"Astronomers find star stretched to bursting point" - images

	An artist's impression of the millisecond pulsar J1740-5340 and its bloated red companion star The millisecond pulsar is shown in blue, emitting two beams of radio waves. Credit: European Space Agency & Francesco Ferraro (Bologna Astronomical Observatory) Small file (37K) Medium file (1.4Mb) Large file (4.7 Mb)
	Hubble Space Telescope image of the globular cluster NGC 6397 This ESA/NASA Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 image shows a real-colour composite of the globular cluster NGC 6397 in the constellation Ara (the Altar). Credit: European Space Agency & Francesco Ferraro (Bologna Astronomical Observatory) Small file (61K) Medium file (919K) Large file (4.1 Mb)
	The location of the pulsar in the globular cluster NGC 6397 Image: European Southern Observatory. Overlays: Francesco Ferraro (Bologna Astronomical Observatory) 282 K file
	CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope Credit: CSIRO Smaller file (79K) Larger file (939K)
	Animation of a pulsar, showing its twin beams of radio waves The lines threading through the pulsar represent its magnetic field. Image courtesy Paul Bourke, Swinburne Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing 958K file