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Resolving Beachballs in the Crab Nebula

Posted by timothy on from the only-the-really-active-beachballs dept.

Stranger4U writes "Researchers at New Mexico Tech and the NRAO have used the Aricebo radio telescope in Puerto Rico and some specilized equipment to more closely examine the pulses from the Crab Nebula pulsar. Some of the signals lasted less than two nanoseconds, meaning the originated from a volume no bigger than beach ball. Stories are here(1) and here(2)."

3 of 123 comments (clear)

  1. Not Aricebo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's Arecibo... Look at you Seti@Home account.

  2. But Do They Have A Women's Beach Volleyball Team? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wearing thong bikinis. That's all we really care about.

  3. Re:Good pic for those who's already seen it... by bluxus · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That is nice! I've seen it and often wondered; Is it sculpture, or the real thing? I mean, you can see what looks like the end of a tube used in one of those super fun home enema kits, but gosh, the preassure involved must be terrible. Something about the inverted nature of the rectal opening seems fake looking. I think it would make an excellent sculpture, maybe something for the corporate world, like right outside of a conglomerate's headquarters building or the like. Maybe at 4-5 times the scale. What do you think?