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Radio pulsars, by comparison, produce much shorter signals — often mere seconds.
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Previously, radio observatories searched the sky for new pulsars but rarely lingered long enough to pick up slower signals.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
Luckily for scientists, this rapid spin and its precise frequency make pulsars excellent timing mechanisms.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Among other things, it is expected to be able to hunt for the universe’s first stars, search for signals from an extraterrestrial intelligence, and enable the detection of new pulsars—the spinning remnants of dead stars—in our galaxy and others.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2016
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Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
Previously, radio observatories searched the sky for new pulsars but rarely lingered long enough to pick up slower signals.
—Bydaniel Clery, science.org, 4 Dec. 2024
Luckily for scientists, this rapid spin and its precise frequency make pulsars excellent timing mechanisms.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Among other things, it is expected to be able to hunt for the universe’s first stars, search for signals from an extraterrestrial intelligence, and enable the detection of new pulsars—the spinning remnants of dead stars—in our galaxy and others.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2016
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“Pulsar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pulsar. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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