West Virginia student discovers new pulsar
Description
A West Virginia high-school student has discovered a new pulsar, using data from the giant Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT). Shay Bloxton, 15, a participant in The Pulsar Search Collaboratory, an ITEST project in which students analyze data from the radio telescope, spotted evidence of the pulsar on October 15. Bloxton, along with NRAO astronomers observed the object again one month later. The new observation confirmed that the object is a pulsar, a rotating, superdense neutron star. Bloxton is a sophomore at Nicholas County High School in Summersville, West Virginia.
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Publication Year
2010
Source
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Topic(s)
Youth Motivation and Interests in STEM
Additional Disciplines
Engineering - astronomy
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