Thursday, March 26, 2009

Search for tangoing pulsars

The Einstein@Home program uses idle time on computers to search for pulsars in tight orbits around other neutron stars or black holes. These pairs of objects are ideal laboratories for testing the predictions of general relativity (Illustration: Daniel Cantin/DarwinDimensions/McGill University)

Einstein@Home, which searches for space-time ripples, will now look for pulsars that whip around other stars or black holes – they could put general relativity to its toughest test yet.

Home computers to search for tangoing pulsars

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