The core of a Pulsar has never been directly observed. Their makeup is hypothetical. Perhaps an alternative explanation for the observed behaviour would be less astounding... https://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2004/arch/040920pulsar.ht...
The fastest pulsar spins at 716Hz; its equator spins at 24% the speed of light
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Re: The fastest pulsar spins at 716Hz; its equator spins at 24% the speed of light
#82The core of a Pulsar has never been directly observed. Their makeup is hypothetical. Perhaps an alternative explanation for the observed behaviour would be less astounding... https://www.thunderbolts.info/tpod/2004/arch/040920pulsar.ht...
I like that theory. Generally the problem with science is that it's turned into a belief system almost akin to a religion by many people. Strangely, even by very smart physicists.
They seem to overlook the fact that we don't know anything; compared to what is out there our knowledge might approach a millionth of a millionth percent of all knowable things; but even that is just for illustration because if you only take into account the scale of the known universe it's going to be a number so small as to approach 0. We know literally nothing.
It's fine to come up with grand theories of how things work - human imagination is a wonderful thing. Just don't mistake it for facts.
Re: The fastest pulsar spins at 716Hz; its equator spins at 24% the speed of light
#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not only are they regular enough to make clocks, but they're 5 times more accurate than atomic clocks.
I am assuming you are repeating the claim on the wikipedia page. Or maybe (hopefully) you have another source? I saw the claim on the wiki article and my first reaction was bullshit. My second reaction after stumbling across dead links in two of the three the citations was bullshit. After re-reading the article and the one functioning citation without seeing a accuracy/precision/stability figure my third reaction was…
Some atomic clocks are considerably less accurate. I can't find a citation, but IIRC, older cesium atomic clocks are accurate to about 1 second every 300 years.