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BBC Sky at Night features “Queen of Pulsars”

BBC Sky at Night features “Queen of Pulsars”

  • Date13 August 2025

Dr Vanessa Graber from the Department of Physics features prominently in the BBC's ‘Sky at Night’ episode "Queen of Pulsars", released on 11 August, with her fascinating interview on her work on Pulsars at Royal Holloway.

Dr Vanessa Graber on BBC Sky at Night

Dr Vanessa Graber, pictured in the BBC's ‘Sky at Night’ programme

With Dr Vanessa Graber, presenter Maggie Pocock delves into the concealed interiors of pulsars and the exotic states of matter that form them. With superfluids of neutrons hosting quantum tornados and searing hundred-million-degree plasma, pulsars are not the once-predictable characters we thought them. 

Dr Vanessa Graber is a theoretical astrophysicist and UKRI Future Leaders Fellow. She is a member of Royal Holloway Astronomy Group, a dynamic and inclusive community of students, research ers, and faculty members passionate about exploring the wonders of the universe.  

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