Friday, December 16, 2016

Amateur Astronomers Discover a Binary Pulsar

Amateur astronomers discover a binary pulsar system on crowdsourced technology.
Astronomers have confirmed a rare pulsar system using Einstein@home and the power of personal computers. Einstein@Home is one of a slew of science projects for idle home computers. I haven't signed up yet, but it is an intriguing idea. 

Full article at Astronomy.com

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