Indian astronomers uncover the properties of a rare type of pulsar, July 2024

A group of astronomers from the National Centre of Radio Astrophysics, TIFR, Pune, led by Ankita Ghosh, a Ph.D. student at NCRA, and her supervisor Prof. Bhaswati Bhattacharyya of NCRA, revealed a rare type of millisecond pulsar (MSP) named PSR J1242-4712 using the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT).