I always knew he was interested in engineering, and in what I was doing, but he surprised me by calling me to say he had accepted a job here.

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Most earlier estimates of neutron-star speeds depended on educated guesses about their distances. With this one, we have a precise, direct measurement of the distance, so we can measure the speed directly.

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This is the first result of this long-term project, and it's pretty exciting to have something so spectacular come this early.

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It's sort of an awakening of sorts. Now that we have the technology to do this so easily, it might be a more normal thing in the future.

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