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Age Of Most Pulsars Is Now A Mystery

Posted by chrisd on from the street-signs-of-the-heavens dept.

Guinnessy writes "A pulsar that has been viewed by the Very Large Array in New Mexico for the past ten years, is only 65,000 years old not 107,000 years as astronomers previously thought. The new results suggest that the main techniques that astronomers use for measuring the age of pulsars is completely wrong. There's a press release about it the NRAO's web site."

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  1. Wait a second... by gartogg · · Score: 1, Offtopic


    you mean to tell me that scientists are having to revise their methods to get better results? This is a travesty of science, a despicable breach of the scientific method!
    </sarcasm>

    But really, is this news? Maybe you think I'm a troll, but we can't get better stuff to discuss than this?

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