🧲 NASA Reveals the Invisible Structure of a Dead Star

A dead star spinning 16 times every second has revealed one of its greatest secrets.
For the first time, NASA’s IXPE space telescope directly mapped the magnetic field of the Lighthouse Pulsar.
The observations confirmed a theory that scientists had debated for nearly two decades: particles traveling close to the speed of light escape by following invisible magnetic field lines through space.
Even more surprising, the magnetic field was far more organized than expected, suggesting these extreme objects are even more complex than current models predict.
Source: NASA | IXPE