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On 28th february '18, the distributed volunteer computing project Einstein@home submitted an update on their website that they found two rapidly rotating neutron stars in data from the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope.
The original article can be found on their respective website:
https://einsteinathome.org/content/einsteinhome-discovers-first-millisecond-pulsar-visible-only-gamma-rays.
While a more elaborate article from the Max Planck institute can be found here:
http://www.aei.mpg.de/2232960/radioquietmsp.
They also express their gratitude to the multitude of Einstein@home volunteers who made these discoveries possible by donating their computer time with the BOINC app.
Einstein@Home is a project using data from the LIGO gravitational wave detectors and is also whitelisted scientific project with the cryptocurrency Gridcoin.
Just relaying the news to Steemit!
References & Source:
- the Einstein@home team
- The Max Planck Institute.