# Pulsars: Nature's Perfect Cosmic Clocks
Published: January 16, 2026
Duration: 1:44
# This is your Astronomy Tonight podcast.
Good evening, stargazers! Today we're celebrating one of the most mind-bending moments in astronomical history that occurred on January 16th, 1969—though admittedly, not in the way you might expect!
On this date, astronomers were still buzzing with the afterglow of the Apollo 11 moon landing just six months prior. But here's where it gets deliciously ironic: while humanity was congratulating itself on finally touching another world, the universe was about to deliver a humbling reminder of just how vast and strange the cosmos truly is.
January 16th, 1969 marked a pi...
Good evening, stargazers! Today we're celebrating one of the most mind-bending moments in astronomical history that occurred on January 16th, 1969—though admittedly, not in the way you might expect!
On this date, astronomers were still buzzing with the afterglow of the Apollo 11 moon landing just six months prior. But here's where it gets deliciously ironic: while humanity was congratulating itself on finally touching another world, the universe was about to deliver a humbling reminder of just how vast and strange the cosmos truly is.
January 16th, 1969 marked a pi...