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Its work in tracking spacecraft in the early space race, and its research into quasars, pulsars and gravitational lenses, is also part of its outstanding scientific heritage.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
By tracking many pulsars over long periods, international research teams have found evidence for a stochastic gravitational wave background at nanohertz frequencies.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026
Most neutron stars remain hidden unless they appear as pulsars that emit radio waves or shine brightly in X-rays.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2026
They are also investigating whether similar mechanisms could help explain the lack of planets around binary pulsars, which are pairs of rapidly spinning neutron stars that emit regular radio pulses.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 19, 2026
They pay almost no attention to all the moons and planets, asteroids and comets, quasars and pulsars, exploding galaxies, symbiotic stars, cataclysmic variables and X-ray sources that have been discovered since Ptolemy’s time.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
