Heart of the Crab Pulsar probed -- first direct look into the co...

(Penn State) New information about the heart of one of the most famous objects in the sky -- the Crab Pulsar in the Crab Nebula -- has been revealed by an international team of scientists searching for gravitational waves.

The team's achievement also is the first direct look into the interior of a neutron star.


 

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