Our Mission: To discover new pulsars

Imagine... After millions of years of nuclear fusion, a massive star depletes its core of hydrogen and helium. With no outward pressure to hold it up, gravity wins, and the star collapses. The outer layers rebound from the core and are expelled into space in a giant supernova explosion.  But, what of the core?? It continues to collapse into a neutron star... an object with the mass of our Sun, yet only 20 kilometers in diameter. 

Some neutron stars--those we can detect--are called pulsars. Pulsars are incredible! Unlike our Sun which spins once every 25 days or so, pulsars can spin up to 800 times/second! They have magnetic fields 10,000,000,000 times stronger than a fridge magnet!

Help us discover pulsars! The Pulsar Science Collaboratory was formed to engage high school students, undergraduate students, faculty and teachers in pulsar research.  You will start out helping the community discover new pulsars. As you gain knowledge, you can join teams on advanced projects!

Pulsar Science Collaboratory

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Pulsar Science Collaboratory

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