What happens when an asteroid meets a pulsar?

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Neil Newell
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13 Dec 2013 20:20:32 UTC
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    There's an interesting paper up on arXiv, suggesting that changes in emission and timing from PSR J0738-4042 are due to an encounter with an asteroid.

    For a much simpler take on it, Discovery has a story titled Pulsar gets the munchies, Snacks on an Asteroid.

    Mac.teh.Knife
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    What happens when an asteroid meets a pulsar?

    16 Dec 2013 0:33:22 UTC
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      LoL pulsar says "i cn haz asteroid?"

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