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The double star system AR Scorpii, located 380 light years from Earth is an unusual system. The white dwarf that shoots a concentrated beam of electrons that hits every two minutes (its spin time) its neighbor in the system - a red dwarf. Illustration: University of Warwick.

An unusual pulsar produces a focused particle accelerator-like beam that strikes its neighbor in the binary star system

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Neutron star. Figure: European Space Agency (ESA)

Researchers reveal a new phase in the life of a neutron star

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A diagram of the pulsar system and the planet PSR J1719-1438 which has an orbital period of 5.7 milliseconds at its center, and is surrounded by a planet compared to the Sun (in yellow). Image: Credit: Swinburne Astronomy Productions, Swinburne University of Technology

A star turned into a diamond

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Swift J1749.4-2807 - a double system that also contains a pulsar. Image: NASA

A pulsar in eclipse: the key to understanding the Shapiro delay effect from general relativity

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