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MeerKAT discovers 15 new millisecond pulsars in a well known globular cluster

Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered 15 new millisecond pulsars in 47 Tucanae—one of the closest and best studied globular clusters. The finding is reported in the latest issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics.

MeerKAT discovers 15 new millisecond pulsars in a well known globular cluster
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Using the MeerKAT radio telescope, an international team of astronomers has discovered 15 new millisecond pulsars in 47 Tucanae—one of the closest and best studied globular clusters. The finding is reported in the latest issue of Astronomy & Astrophysics.

Originally published at Phys.org

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