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Pulsar Jackpot Scours Old Data for New Discoveries

Wednesday, February 27, 2013 15:25

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Space Shuttle Atlantis passes behind the Parkes radio telescope after final undocking from the International Space Station in July 2011. (Image Copyright: John Sarkissian; used with permission).

Space Shuttle Atlantis passes behind the historic Parkes radio telescope after final undocking from the International Space Station in July 2011. (Image Copyright: John Sarkissian; used with permission).

Chalk another one up for Citizen Science. Earlier this month, researchers announced the discovery of 24 new pulsars. To date, thousands of pulsars have been discovered, but what’s truly fascinating about this month’s discovery is that came from culling through old data using a new method.
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Post tags: AdLIGO, binary pulsars, gravity waves, ligo, LISA, parkes radio astronomy, Pulsars