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tatyanajohnson

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A star of the same diameter, but twice as hot as our Sun, must be 16 times more luminous.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Why could it have been possible for Jocelyn Bell to have thought the signals she found were artificial?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 27, 2018
Answer to Question 1

TRUE

Answer to Question 2

Pulsars have very regular, repetitive signals that are more uniform than the best atomic clocks on Earth.


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Reply 2 on: Jul 27, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)

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Wow, this really help

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