The next step in GPS--pulsars

[darksumomo]

Science News: How to use a pulsar to find Starbucks
Cosmic GPS would employ pulsing stars, not satellites, as celestial beacons
By Marissa Cevallos

To find your favorite coffee shop in an unknown city, getting directions via satellite works like a charm. But that technology won’t get you from Earth to Jupiter

Comments

[irrelevant]

That is awesome. Definitely one for the science-is-cool folder.

[owlsie]

So we started navigating the Earth by the stars, and now we're going to navigate space by the stars?

That's beautiful

[diamond_dust06]

Current music: Civilization IV music

Civ4? Gurl, you're living in the past.