Interstallar GPS system ... something out of Star Trek


Someone's come up with a system to pin-point your location in the galaxy similar to the GPS system we have today. The signals from 4 pulsars form a natural GPS system that could locate any object in the galaxy to within a meter.

This would be handy when we develop warp drive to help keep us from flying into random planets in the way.

Link: Technology Review

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