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The Skeptics Guide #876 - Apr 23 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Detection of Gravitational Waves by Pol Sars

Polsars are a billion times rotating neutron stars. They ping the earth with radio waves in an amazingly accurate and regular manner. We can tell when those pings are off by a millionth of a second, so we can detect gravitational waves. The new data comes from nassa's firme, a game ray space telescope. It was able to pin point pole sars that admit radio and gama radiation.

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