New Class of Pulsars Discovered 93
xyz writes "NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has discovered a new class of pulsars which emit purely in gamma rays. A pulsar is a rapidly spinning neutron star, and of the nearly 1,800 cataloged so far, only a small fraction emit at frequencies higher than radio waves. The gamma-ray-only pulsar, which lies within a supernova remnant known as CTA 1, is silent across parts of the electromagnetic spectrum where pulsars are normally found, indicating a new class of pulsars. It is located 'about 4,600 light-years away in the constellation Cepheus. Its lighthouse-like beam sweeps Earth's way every 316.86 milliseconds. The pulsar, which formed in a supernova explosion about 10,000 years ago, emits 1,000 times the energy of our sun.'"
First Pulsar Post (Score:3, Funny)
Odd thing is that the signal seems to be carrying a message. We have decoded it, and it seems to read: F-I-R-S-T---P-O-S-T-.
This proves they're from Chicago... (Score:2, Funny)
This proves they're from Chicagoland...
CTA....
3 busses will come within 316.86 milliseconds of each other,
then you'll wait 10,000 years for the next one.
Re:Gamma ray bursts and extinction events? (Score:1, Funny)
> Should we hide in our basements
Check
> crack our neighbour's heads open and feast on the goo inside?
Now theres something on your to do list!
Re:It's all supposition (Score:5, Funny)
No natural object is spinning that fast.
You are obviously not aware about the United States forefathers in their graves, knowing what is going on in that nation.
Re:This proves they're from Chicago... (Score:5, Funny)
3 busses will come within 316.86 milliseconds of each other,
then you'll wait 10,000 years for the next one.
You obviously do not smoke. A surefire way to make that next bus come is to light one up.
Re:I got a C in (Score:4, Funny)
Quantum mechanics you insensitive prick!
If only you hadn't looked at the report card. Then, your grade could've been an A or an F, and you wouldn't have known until you looked at the report card, thus collapsing the waveform.
And now you know why you only got a C.
In future news... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Gamma ray bursts and extinction events? (Score:3, Funny)
I've found that gamma rays aren't the least bit discreet. They either make things disintegrate or turn people into man-spider hybrids.
Re:First Pulsar Post (Score:4, Funny)
Funny, over here the only thing I can hear is fap-fap-fap...