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The worksheet contains the following questions. Use more paper if you need more room.

1. ______________________ is the name of the college student who discovered the mysterious radio transmissions.

2. How is radio astronomy different from astronomy?

3. The first set of radio waves occurred every ________ seconds, while the second set of radio waves occurred every _______ seconds.

4. What were some initial ideas about the origin of the blips?

5. She discovered that the radio waves were being transmitted from a __________________.

6. If a big enough star collapses on itself a ________________ will form after it burns out.

7. Following her discovery over 700 _________________ have been discovered, and there are _____________ possible black holes.

8. Compare and contrast pulsars and black holes. Include their origin and their properties.

9. Why does a scientist need concrete evidence?

10. Why is it necessary to rule out other causes?

11. What was the observation in this discovery?