Science
Gravitational Wave Search Finds Tantalizing New Clue – Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the leading center for robotic exploration of the solar system.
In a new paper published in the January 2021 issue of the Astrophysical Journal Supplements, the NANOGrav project reports the detection of unexplained fluctuations, consistent with the effects of gravitational waves, in the timing of 45 pulsars spread across the sky and measured over a span of 12 1/2 years.
Pulsars are dense nuggets of material left over after a star explodes as a supernova. As seen from Earth, pulsars appear to blink on and off. In reality, the light comes from two steady beams…
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