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Pulsar Web Could Detect Low-Frequency Gravitational Waves
2016-02-26 03:32:51| rfglobalnet Home Page
The recent detection of gravitational waves by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) came from two black holes, each about 30 times the mass of our sun, merging into one.
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Gravitational Constant Appears Universally Constant, Pulsar Study Suggests
2015-08-07 05:58:40| rfglobalnet Home Page
Gravity, one of the four fundamental forces of nature, appears reassuringly constant across the Universe, according to a decades-long study of a distant pulsar. This research helps to answer a long-standing question in cosmology: Is the force of gravity the same everywhere and at all times? The answer, so far, appears to be yes.
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Pulsar navigation: piloting aircraft with the aid of the stars
2015-06-08 20:36:31| Extremetech
In days gone by, captains sailed their vessels over the oceans by aid of the stars. Today, this has been mostly replaced by GPS, but the stars may soon make a comeback.
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05.14.15 -- Students Discover Never-Before-Seen Pulsar
2015-05-13 03:28:56| rfglobalnet News Articles
05/14/15RF Globalnet Newsletter
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Penn State Student Credited With Co-Discovery Of New Pulsar
2015-05-12 05:11:37| rfglobalnet News Articles
A team of highly determined high school students, which included current Penn State University sophomore and Schreyer Honors College Scholar Cecilia McGough, has discovered a never-before-seen pulsar by painstakingly analyzing data from the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT).
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