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Goddard TV Video Tape: G2013-004 -- Fermi Black Widow Pulsar

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Learn how astronomers discovered PSR J1311−3430, a record-breaking black widow binary and the first of its kind discovered solely through gamma-ray observations. Greenbank Telescope image credit: NRAO/AUI Watch this video on the NASA Goddard YouTube channel . For complete transcript, click here . Black Widow Pulsars Consume Their Mates
The black widow pulsar J1311 and its small stellar companion, viewed within their orbital plane. Powerful radiation and the pulsar's PSR J1311-3430 'Black Widow' Pulsar Animations