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In 1967, a star was discovered that seemed to be different than most stars, . . . it looked like it was blinking. Hosted by: Reid Reimers ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn't make SciShow without them! Shout out to Bryce Daifuku, Kevin Bealer, Justin Lentz, Mark Terrio-Cameron, Patrick Merrithew, Accalia Elementia, Fatima Iqbal, Benny, Kyle Anderson, Mike Frayn, Tim Curwick, Will and Sonja Marple, Philippe von Bergen, Chris Peters, Kathy Philip, Patrick D. Ashmore, Thomas J., Charles George, Bader AlGhamdi. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.bigear.org/vol1no1/burnell.htm http://science.sciencemag.org/content/304/5670/489.full https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200602/history.cfm http://www.pnas.org/content/20/5/259.full?ijkey=d02dac7e14449d555024aed402d624f1cc6e1567&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha. Section C, (2) https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.126-dec06/messenger-no126-27-31.pdf From the European Southern Observatory https://www.nrao.edu/pr/2006/mspulsar/ http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/physics/80-the-universe/stars-and-star-clusters/stellar-remnants/363-where-are-the-protons-and-electrons-in-a-neutron-star-intermediate https://www.eso.org/sci/publications/messenger/archive/no.126-dec06/messenger-no126-27-31.pdf http://science.sciencemag.org/content/304/5670/489.full http://www2.astro.psu.edu/users/caryl/a10/lec10_2d.html http://www2.astro.psu.edu/users/alex/pulsar_planets_text.html https://cds.cern.ch/record/304315/files/9605187.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/astro-ph/0609416.pdf (Monthly Noticies of the Royal Astronomical Society) http://www.academia.edu/19109743/Origin_of_the_Binary_Pulsar_J0737-3039B