Astronomers study star 6500 light-years away in high-res
Canada-based astronomers have successfully observed two intense regions of radiation, 20 kilometres apart, around a star 6500 light-years away from Earth. The observation is equivalent to using a telescope on Earth to see an insect on Pluto, said researchers. The rapidly spinning neutron star, a pulsar, is seen in the background engulfing gas from its companion star, a brown dwarf.