Pulsar pair ripples spacetime
Duo’s tightening orbits provide even stronger evidence for gravitational waves

PULSAR PAIR A system of two radio beam–emitting pulsars locked in tight orbits, illustrated here, is an ideal test bed for measuring gravitational waves and other effects of general relativity.
© MPIfR, M. Kramer
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