NASA Just Proved It Can Navigate Space Using Pulsars. Where to Now?
NASA Just Proved It Can Navigate Space Using Pulsars. Where to Now?
Science, Spoken · SpokenLayer
January 18, 20187m 18s
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Show Notes
Half a century ago, astronomers observed their first pulsar: a dead, distant, ludicrously dense star that emitted pulses of radiation with remarkable regularity. So consistent was the object's signal that astronomers jokingly nicknamed it LGM-1, short for "little green men." It wasn't long before scientists detected more signals like LGM-1. That decreased the odds that these pulses of radiation were the work of intelligent extraterrestrials.
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