AEI has moved<p>In 2009, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://academiccloud.social/@einsteinathome" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>einsteinathome</span></a></span> expanded its scope to search for radio pulsars in data from the Arecibo radio telescope. Like a cosmic lighthouse, this type of neutron star emits regular pulses of radio waves that can be observed with large radio telescopes.</p><p>“We realized that Einstein@Home’s computing power could be put to good use by helping to search for pulsars in binary systems in data from the Arecibo pulsar survey,” says Bruce Allen. “We also knew that it would be many years before we and our volunteers might finally see the first continuous gravitational-wave detection. Finding new, possibly exotic, radio pulsars would keep all of us motivated toward that long-term goal.”</p><p>In the summer of 2010, Einstein@Home found a new radio pulsar in Arecibo data, marking the first astronomical discovery by a distributed volunteer computing project. The pulsar was a rare and unusual type of neutron star, with only a dozen similar examples known at the time. “This was a milestone for us and our volunteers. It proved that citizen science and public participation can make a difference in astronomy and other data-driven sciences,” says Bruce Allen.</p><p><a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/20YearsOfEinsteinAtHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>20YearsOfEinsteinAtHome</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/CitizenScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CitizenScience</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/DistributedComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DistributedComputing</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/NeutronStars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeutronStars</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/GravitationalWaves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GravitationalWaves</span></a> <a href="https://astrodon.social/tags/Pulsars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pulsars</span></a></p>