A 'galaxy' is unmasked as a pulsar — the brightest outside the Milky Way - Nature.com

Using a technique to block certain wavelengths of light, researchers hope to discover many more hidden pulsars.

The brightest extra-galactic pulsar has been identified in the Large Magellanic Cloud (pictured).Credit: Pennock et al. Astronomers have confirmed that an object they thought was a distant galaxy is… [+3571 chars]

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