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But unlike a pulsar, those bursts were separated by over 20 minutes.
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 June 2024
The first sign of gravitational waves: binary pulsars Most people recall that the first direct detection of gravitational waves was announced in 2016: just eight years ago, or more than a full century after Einstein’s general relativity was first unleashed on the world.
—Big Think, 21 June 2024
How pulsars pulse Contrary to the section heading, pulsars don't actually pulse.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 June 2024
In 1967, Wheeler attended a discussion of the astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell’s recent discovery of pulsars—celestial objects that flash out radiation.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 June 2024
The first sign of gravitational waves: binary pulsars Most people recall that the first direct detection of gravitational waves was announced in 2016: just eight years ago, or more than a full century after Einstein’s general relativity was first unleashed on the world.
—Big Think, 21 June 2024
How pulsars pulse Contrary to the section heading, pulsars don't actually pulse.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 5 June 2024
In 1967, Wheeler attended a discussion of the astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell’s recent discovery of pulsars—celestial objects that flash out radiation.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Pulsar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pulsar. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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