Discovering Pulsar Planets
Pulsars, spinning neutron stars, emit regular pulses that can be used to measure time with incredible precision. Astronomers discovered that the pulsar PSR B 1250 712 has planets orbiting it, leading to the identification of the first extrasolar planets. The groundbreaking discovery of a planet around a main sequence star came in 1995, using a unique method that revealed the presence of a hot Jupiter.In this clip
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