"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)

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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)

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The location of the pulsar in the globular cluster NGC 6397
Image: European Southern Observatory. Overlays: Francesco Ferraro (Bologna Astronomical Observatory)

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CSIRO's Parkes radio telescope
Credit: CSIRO

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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

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