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The field at the centre of the universe: Cambridge's outdoor pulsar pusher

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Re: Pulsar GPS?

Both Pioneer and Voyager spacecraft carry a plaque indicating the position of the Sun in relation to pulsars, so the first people to use pulsar navigation may not be people at all...

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