Pulsar Systems

Immortal planets in pulsar systems are extremely rare – much rarer than thought

(ORDO NEWS) — Exoplanets were first discovered 30 years ago in a rapidly rotating star system called a pulsar. Now astronomers have found that such planets can be very rare. The processes leading to the formation and stable existence of planets in pulsar systems are still unknown to science. A survey of 800 pulsars observed by the Jodrell Bank Observatory at the University of Manchester, USA, over the past 50…