The First Exoplanets Were Found Around... a Pulsar?

The first time scientists found exoplanets, they were orbiting something very different from our sun: a pulsar.

Host: Reid Reimers

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Sources:
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/433/1/162/1029800
http://www.astro.cornell.edu/academics/courses/astro201/psr1257.htm
https://astrobites.org/2016/10/05/why-are-pulsar-planets-rare/
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/planets-orbit-zombie-stars/
http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/Astro/pulsar.html
http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/377093/fulltext/
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1992Natur.355..145W
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Images:
https://www.videoblocks.com/video/tv-fuzz-blur-27nygr2
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/20267
https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/jpl/pia21085/pulsar-artists-concept
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/10740
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/multimedia/runaway-pulsar.html
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/11567
https://www.nasa.gov/jpl/nustar/pia18836