Young white dwarf orbits millisecond pulsar PSR J1835'3259B, study finds

By analyzing the data from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers from the University of Bologna in Italy and elsewhere have found that the millisecond pulsar PSR J1835'3259B has a young white dwarf companion. The finding is reported in a paper published March 20 on the arXiv pre-print server.