Radio astronomers 'see' structures two feet across in pulsar bursts
Credit: NRAO/AUI AND M. BIETENHOLZ
Scientists using the big Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico have calculated that the structures producing pulsar radio bursts are as small as a beachball--about 2 ft. across--even though the bursts themselves are sometimes the brightest objects in the radio sky after the Sun. A team led by Tim...
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