The life expectancy of Canadians continues to rise, and has now reached 80.4 years, according to new numbers released Monday by Statistics Canada. The federal agency's numbers are based on data from 2005, with a baby born that year expected to live to 80.4.In 1991, babies were only expected to live to 77.8.he life expectancy of Canadians continues to rise, and has now reached 80.4 years, according to new numbers released Monday by Statistics Canada. The federal agency's numbers are based on data from 2005, with a baby born that year expected to live to 80.4.
A pulsar (short for pulsating radio star) is a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation.
Pulsars also could help scientists find gravitational waves, which could point the way to energetic cosmic events like collisions between supermassive black holes. Discovered in 1967, pulsars are fascinating members of the cosmic community. What is a pulsar? From Earth, pulsars often look like flickering stars. On and off, on and off, they seem to blink with a regular rhythm. But the light from pulsars does not actually flicker or pulse, and these objects are not actually stars. Pulsars radiate two steady, narrow beams of light in opposite directions.