The scientists measured the masses of the two stars in a binary star system is odd, some 25,000 light years from Earth - and to judge the space-time warp as a result of intense gravity system.
Neutron stars are the small, dense stars known to exist. Each of the stars in the more massive than our sun, and they are 100 times closer to each other than Earth is to the sun.
"We saw that in fact it turns out that we are beginning to approach the edge of the emission region, so that the pulsar is becoming weaker and weaker," Stairs said. "We were lucky to catch him before he disappeared."
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Elijah Bestman
It's so so ferbulios.
Ho ma gosh am in love with physics.
Can't stay a day without physics eperiment.
Charles Flipponi
For those who think that General Relativity (curved spacetime) doesn't have any proof. Note to the concerned: as Dr. Koberlein says below, we should see the pulsar again in 2170 so stick tight.
Chress Randall
Pretty smart, but I imagine it's pretty hard to measure the position at 1 full orbit.