PULSAR LINKED TO OLD SIGHTING, SHINING LIGHT ON STAR'S AGE

The Boston Globe | January 11, 2001| | Copyright

SAN DIEGO - Astronomers reported yesterday that for only the second time ever they have been able to link a pulsar in the sky - the lighthouse-like remnant of an ancient dead star - with a specific sighting in the past, thus revealing the exact age of the pulsar and undermining current ideas about what happens after stars die.

The pulsar, known as G11.2-0.3, turns out to be the remnant of a supernova, or exploding star, that was observed by Chinese astronomers in AD 386 and recorded in their annals. This connection proved that the pulsar was dramatically younger than once believed - less than ...

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