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Wednesday, 10 October 2012

Future spacecraft could use dead stars to navigate


The European Space Agency (ESA) wants to know if it’s possible to use dead stars as a navigational aid for traveling in deep space. To answer that question, ESA has contracted Britain’s National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the University of Leicester to investigate whether pulsars can serve as navigational beacons in the far-flung reaches of the outer Solar System or interstellar space. .. Continue Reading Future spacecraft could use dead stars to navigate
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