A Pulsar Project
⭐ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ As part of a lab project I completed at university last year, I had the chance to work at Jodrell Bank Observatory where I researched and studied pulsars. It was a really interesting project and so I thought I would explain a little about what I learned. The Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory The idea of a neutron star was first proposed in 1933. However, it was neglected until 1967, when Jocelyn Bell and Anthony Hewish first detected a pulsar at Cambridge University. To do so, they used novel radio telescope techniques. Since this time, radio astronomy - which uses radio frequencies to study celestial objects such as stars and galaxies - has advanced hugely, and radio telescopes are what I was working with at Jodrell bank. A stable star can exist due to the electron-degeneracy pressure originating from nuclear reactions (which occur within the star) balancing with the gravity of the star’s mass. When a massive s