Friday, August 13, 2010

Einstein@Home Works!

"Extreme Planets in Pulsar System" from Wallpaper-s.org
An international astronomy project, which began at the Milwaukee campus of the University of Wisconsin in 2005, made its first discovery using the combined power of a quarter-million home computers. The project found a rare type of pulsar — a dense star that emits pulses of radiation.
Audio Embed: The World 8/12/10, Reporter: Rhitu Chatterjee.

http://www.einsteinathome.org/ website.

No Computer Required

Time-lapse photo: Adcuz/Flickr
Perseid meteor shower spectators can expect to see up to hundreds of streaks across the heavens tonight during the annual sky show.

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