Pulsar Planets: Diamonds from the Ashes of Stars

Discover how the first confirmed exoplanets didn’t orbit a sunlike star but a pulsar, the ultra-dense remnant of a supernova. We unpack pulsar timing—the cosmic clockwork that reveals planets by tiny shifts in pulse arrival times—and explain how these worlds can form from the star's shredded debris, sometimes as carbon-rich, 'diamond' planets. We'll also reflect on what pulsar planets tell us about planet formation in extreme environments and how many might lie hidden in the Milky Way.

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