Dr. Jan van Paradijs of the University of Alabama in Huntsville and the University of Amsterdam believes the latter applies to GRO J1744-28. Scientists know from the companion star which is donating material that this binary is old and a lot of material has been transferred between the two stars already. Web Links Things that go bump in the night . Jan. 21, 1998. Team finds that pulsars get wound up - and down.
Astronomers discover bursting pulsar .
May 23, 1996. Return of the bursting pulsar - June 1996. Pulsar goes off twice each orbit. The Astrophysical Journal on-line. As neutron stars accrete material, their magnetic field is slowly buried and gradually weakens.