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July 18, 2013

Einstein@Home analyzes data from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico to search for pulsars.

Einstein@Home analyzes large amounts of data from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, the world's largest and most sensitive single-dish radio telescope whose main purpose is to discover radio pulsars, rotating neutron stars that emit beams of electromagnetic radiation.

Credit: NSF


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