Unusual 'revived' pulsars could detect gravitational waves - Space.com

Astronomers hope to use pulsars scattered around the galaxy as a giant gravitational wave detector. But why do we need them, and how do they work?

Paul M. Sutter (opens in new tab) is an astrophysicist at SUNY (opens in new tab) Stony Brook and the Flatiron Institute, host of "Ask a Spaceman (opens in new tab)"and "Space Radio (opens in new tab… [+5983 chars]

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