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Tag Archives: galactic plane

March 1, 2026 by H.E.S.S. Collaboration
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Hidden by the Shell – A Pulsar Wind Nebula Emerges in Vela Junior

March 2026 A pulsar is a highly magnetised, rapidly-rotating neutron star resulting from the collapse of the progenitor star’s compact core during a supernova explosion. This strong magnetic field then induces an electric field…

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galactic plane gamma-rays pulsar wind nebula

November 1, 2023 by H.E.S.S. Collaboration
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The Vela Pulsar – the most Highly Energetic Clock

November 2023 Pulsars, progeny of supernova explosions, are among the most fascinating beasts in the cosmic zoo. They are rapidly rotating objects exhibiting magnetic field intensities many orders of magnitude larger than what we…

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galactic plane galactic source pulsar

October 1, 2023 by H.E.S.S. Collaboration
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HESS J1645−455 – A gem on the ring?

October 2023 The brightest source of gamma-ray emission in any energy band is the Milky Way. It dominates the all-sky maps obtained with scanning or hemispheric detectors operating in space (e.g. the Fermi-LAT) or…

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Hidden by the Shell – A Pulsar Wind Nebula Emerges in Vela JuniorMarch 1, 2026
H.E.S.S.’ most distant blazar: PKS 0346−27February 1, 2026
Too Young to Be This Large: The Puzzling Case of HESS J1813–178January 1, 2026
V4641 Sagittarii – the not-so-unremarkable microquasarDecember 1, 2025
The Vela Pulsar – the most Highly Energetic ClockNovember 1, 2023

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Hidden by the Shell – A Pulsar Wind Nebula Emerges in Vela JuniorMarch 1, 2026
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Too Young to Be This Large: The Puzzling Case of HESS J1813–178January 1, 2026

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