Pulsing Stars May Be Most Accurate Clocks In the Universe

From SPACE.com:

Rapidly spinning stars that pulse over time could be used as the universes's most accurate clocks, thanks to a new discovery that helps explain how they rotate. Astronomers have long hoped to use these stars, called pulsars, as time-keepers but slight irregularities in their spinning rates have so far prevented those plans. But a new understanding could enable scientists to compensate for it.

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