X-Ray Eyes Reveal the Magnetic Secrets of the Lighthouse Pulsar’s Cosmic Wake

On: July 17, 2026

X-Ray Eyes Reveal the Magnetic Secrets of the Lighthouse Pulsar’s Cosmic Wake

False color image of the Lighthouse Pulsar. Credit : X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/Stanford Univ./J.T. Dinsmore et al.; IXPE: NASA/MSFC/J.T. Dinsmore et al., Radio: CSIRO/ATNF/ATCA; Optical: 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF; Image processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare

Space Telescope Maps Magnetic Fields of “Lighthouse” Pulsar
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Space Telescope Maps Magnetic Fields of “Lighthouse” Pulsar
https://science.nasa.gov/missions/ixpe/nasa-space-telescope-maps-magnetic-fields-of-lighthouse-pulsar/

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