examined the anomalous star velocities in Omega Centauri using a new type of data: pulsar accelerations. Pulsars are remnants of dying stars, typically weighing up to twice the Sun’s mass but only ...
Pulsars are natural clocks, almost as accurate as atomic clocks on Earth. By carefully measuring the change in the rate of their spin, astronomers can calculate how the pulsars are accelerating, ...
A team of physicists has outlined a possible way of sending probes deep into interstellar space within a reasonable timescale, using relativistic electron beams.