#Why pulsars shine bright: A half-century-old mystery solved
“#Why pulsars shine bright: A half-century-old mystery solved” The simulated density distribution of electron-positron plasma near the surface of a neutron star (shown in gray at the bottom of the plot). Redder regions represent a higher density of electron-positron pairs. Credit: A. Philippov et al./Physical Review Letters 2020 When Jocelyn Bell first observed the emissions…