This artist's impression of the double pulsar system PSR J0737-3039 is a single frame from an animated movie created by Michael Kramer at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester. The two pulsars, known as pulsars "A" and "B", rotate with periods of 23 milliseconds and 2.8 seconds, respectively, and orbit each other every 2.4 hours in a plane that nearly edge-on from our perspective here on Earth. Needless to say, these exotic conditions make this first ever known double pulsar system a truly unique laboratory for astrophysical research. For a more detailed description and to see the full animation, visit this Jodrell Bank press release. Properties of this extraordinary system are currently being studied by McGill's own René Breton, Victoria Kaspi and former Pulsar Group members Scott Ransom and Maxim Lyutikov. Papers published on PSR J0737-3039 include: