New millisecond pulsar discovered
(PHYSorg.com Space & Earth)

Astronomers have reported a serendipitous discovery of a new millisecond pulsar as part of an observational campaign using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP) telescope. The newly detected pulsar has a spin period of about 2.77 ms and received designation PSR J1431-6328. The finding is detailed in a paper published August 8 on the arXiv pre-print repository.