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The 'Clocks' of Space

The Sky at Night

Season 12Episode 12Aired 1968-11-04
The 'Clocks' of Space

The 'Clocks' of Space

Radio-astronomers at Jodrell Bank are carrying out a series of remarkable experiments to measure the distance from earth of 'pulsars'-the mysterious regularly-ticking radio sources out in space which were discovered last year by British scientists. Patrick Moore discusses the significance of these experiments with Dr. Gerhard de Jager at Jodrell Bank