Cosmic Exploration · discovery
The Binary Pulsar
1974 · Russell Hulse, Joseph Taylor
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- 1974
Description
Two neutron stars orbiting each other, losing energy at exactly the rate general relativity predicts for gravitational radiation. Indirect proof of gravitational waves, four decades before one was caught directly.
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