Science: Current Event #3 Crab Pulsar Beams Most Energetic Gamma Rays Ever Detected from a Pulsar

Title of the Article: Crab Pulsar Beams Most Energetic Gamma Rays Ever Detected from a Pulsar

Author(s) of the Article: The above story is reprinted (with editorial adaptations by Science Daily staff) from materials provided by University of California - Santa Cruz. The original article was written by Tim Stephens.

Source of the Article: Science Daily:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111006141358.htm

Date that the article was written: October 7^th, 2011

Summary of the Article:

            Astrophysics of the University of California-Santa Cruz identified pulsed gamma-ray emission from the Crab pulsar. This article talks about that gamma-ray emissions from the Crab pulsar are far beyond what scientists think they are. Recent studies made by an international group of scientists using a VERITAS telescope array at the Whipple Observatory in Arizona, showed that gamma ray emissions from the Crab Pulsar can reach up to 100 billion electron-volts (GeV).  This was reported to a science magazine called “Science” and the reports were printed in the October 7 edition. Corresponding author of the article Nepomuk Otte said this about the discovery: "It turns out that being persistent and stubborn helps," Otte said. "These results put new constraints on the mechanism for how the gamma-ray emission is generated."

 

                 This discovery is good for society because now we do not underestimate the gamma-ray emission from the Crab Pulsar. I chose this article because as I said in my previous current events I like space, science and a lot of things that are connected to those two things. I found this article like always; I went to www.sciencedaily.com and found this article. Science Daily is a reliable resource because a lot of people use it and because I know this from my previous experiences. I learned that there are a lot of things in the universe and on our planet that scientists and we people underestimate. When I read this article I felt that now people will think before reaching conclusions which underestimate objects and things on our planet and in the universe.