Astronomy Research

NASA Space Telescope Maps Magnetic Fields of ‘Lighthouse’ Pulsar

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July 9, 2026 • 80 views
Original source: NASA

For the first time, scientists have used NASA’s IXPE (Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer) to directly measure the magnetic fields of PSR J1101−6101, a pulsar located within what is often referred to as the Lighthouse Nebula. The results provide new insight into the structure of some of the most extr...