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by Tim Sweezy - Thu, Jun 29, 2023

Astronomers Finally Hear Universe's Gravitational Wave Background, Why It Matters

Scientists have used exotic stars to hear the universe's gravitational waves in what they call a "cosmic symphony". The team was made up of more than 190 scientists from the US and Canada using pulsars to search for gravitational waves over a period of 15 years. The large group of astrophysicists employed large... Read more...

by Tim Sweezy - Wed, Jun 21, 2023

Exciting Discovery Of A Rare White Dwarf Pulsar Holds The Key To Star Evolution

Astronomers have discovered a rare type of red dwarf star system, only the second of its kind to have been found. The discovery will help provide astronomers and scientists with a better understanding of stellar evolution. Researchers with the University of Warwick have released a new study that shows a white dwarf... Read more...

by Tim Sweezy - Fri, Jun 17, 2022

NASA's X-Ray Speed Trap Catches A Neutron Star Speeding Through The Milky Way At 1.4M MPH

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory captured images of a speeding pulsar in the midst of an exploded star. The pulsar is estimated to be traveling at a speed of well over 1 million miles per hour (MPH). The stellar speedster captured by Chandra is one of the fastest objects of its kind ever seen, according to a... Read more...

by Ray Willington - Tue, Jul 19, 2011

Seagate Pushes Pulsar XT.2 SSD Into The Sales Channel

Seagate and solid state drives go hand-in-hand these days, and to wit, the company has recently begun shipping out its brand-new Pulsar XT.2 SSD. The XT.2 is a high-performance drive, designed to meet stringent business needs, and it's the first Multi-Level Cell (MLC) Flash-enabled SSD from an enterprise hard drive maker. The drive is hitting... Read more...

by Joel Hruska - Tue, Jan 25, 2011

Seagate Informs World+Dog That SSDs Aren't Worth The Effort

Seagate issued a general announcement yesterday in an apparent attempt to clarify its SSD plans going forward. Of all the various hard drive vendors, Seagate has been by far the most acrimonious towards SSD development; former CEO Bill Watkins' plans for dealing with the introduction of SSDs was to threaten to sue the companies out of existence.... Read more...

by Shawn Oliver - Mon, Dec 07, 2009

Seagate Introduces First Solid State Drive: 2.5" Pulsar, Up To 200GB

For a company with a 2TB hard drive and a serious chunk of market share in the overall storage sector, it's really tough to believe that it has yet to produce a solid state drive of its own. But sure enough, Seagate is still standing on the sidelines while OCZ, Kingston, Super Talent and a host of other outfits soak... Read more...

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