Home computers help discover distant star
Thursday, August 12, 2010 - 17:56
in Astronomy & Space
ITHACA, N.Y., Aug. 12 (UPI) -- "Citizen scientists" have been credited with the discovery of a new pulsar hidden in data from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, astronomers say. Arecibo Observatory - Puerto Rico - Pulsar - Einstein@Home - Distributed computing