Interstellar Beacons Might One Day Navigate Future Astronauts Across The Universe

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The use of stars, planets and stellar constellations for navigation was of fundamental importance for mankind for thousands of years.

Have you ever asked yourself how the starship Enterprise in the TV series Star Trek found its way through the depths of space?

Cosmic lighthouses called pulsars might be the key to this interstellar navigation – not only in science fiction but also in the near future of space flight…. Rest of article with all images here:

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