We're Turning Pulsars into Galactic GPS!

Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! Scientists have thought for awhile that pulsars could be used as a sort of galactic positioning system, and astronomers have published the most advanced topographical map of Titan to date!

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Sources:
http://mediarelations.cornell.edu/2018/01/17/titan-topographic-map-unearths-cookie-cutter-holes-in-moons-surface/
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017GL075518/full
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017GL075468/full
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/nasa-team-first-to-demonstrate-x-ray-navigation-in-space
https://www.wired.com/story/nasa-just-proved-it-can-navigate-space-using-pulsars-where-to-now/
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/nasa-test-proves-pulsars-can-function-as-a-celestial-gps/

Images:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pulsar_schematic.svghttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Millisecond_pulsar_and_accretion_disk_-_NASA_animation_(hi-res).ogv
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crab_Lucky_video2.gif
https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/golden-record/golden-record-cover/
https://www.nasa.gov/topics/universe/features/zombie-stars.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cosmic_Ornament.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Titan2005.jpg
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cassini/multimedia/pia16849.html#.WmtkapM-dTZ
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Titan_multi_spectral_overlay.jpg
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-08/agu-mcl081016.php
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PIA17655_crop_Titan_north_polar_seas_and_lakes.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liquid_lakes_on_titan.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lapiaz_P1070880.JPG