A pulsar's apparent slowdown reveals a rare stellar trio

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Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars, the extremely dense cores left behind when massive stars explode. Astrophysicists have recently observed a pulsar rotating over 300 times per second that appeared to be slowing down unusually quickly.

Source: Phys.org

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