Daily Archives: January 8, 2010

Pulsars May Make ‘Galactic GPS’ Possible

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Rashid Faridi

A pulsar is the rapidly spinning and highly magnetized core left behind when a massive star explodes. Because only rotation powers their intense gamma-ray, radio and particle emissions, pulsars gradually slow as they age. But the oldest pulsars spin hundreds … Continue reading →

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