“Galactic Center Pulsar Candidate Offers Unprecedented Test of General Relativity | Nova Gl” — what this page in the network covers. Astronomers using the Breakthrough Listen Galactic Center Survey have identified a compelling pulsar candidate near the Milky Way's core, a region dominate... Astronomers using the Breakthrough Listen Galactic Center Survey have identified a compelling pulsar candidate near the Milky Way's core, a region dominated by the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A. This discovery, led by researchers from Columbia University and Breakthrough Listen, could provide an unparalleled opportunity to test Albert Einstein's theory of General Relativity in an extreme gravitational environment.
Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars that emit radio pulses, acting as precise cosmic clocks. Detecting one so close to a supermassive black hole would allow scientists to observe the effects of intense spacetime curvature, such as gravitational redshift and frame-dragging, with unprecedented accuracy. For the complete material, the listing points back to the source inside the network.