Einstein@Home 'citizen scientists' discover a new pulsar in Arecibo telescope data

Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 14:28 in Astronomy & Space

Idle computers are the astronomers' playground: Three citizen scientists - a German and an American couple - have discovered a new radio pulsar hidden in data gathered by the Arecibo Observatory. This is the first deep-space discovery by Einstein@Home, which uses donated time from the home and office computers of 250,000 volunteers from 192 different countries. (Science Express, Aug. 12, 2010.)

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