I don't know about Lucy being in the sky, but....
Unfortunately, it's too late for the royal wedding. Or even Kim Kardashian's. Still, maybe Kim should check it out; an earing made out of this sucker would be hard to lose!
Pulsars are rotating neutron stars which radiate electromagnetic beams
that seem to flair when they sweep into Earth's line of sight. The effect is something like a the beam of a lighthouse.
Carbon planets such as "Planet Tiffany-" the highly unofficial name for the newly-discovered object- have been widely accepted as theoretical possibilities. Its official name is J1719-1438, and it's five times the size of Earth.
Perhaps the pulsar should be named "Lucy."
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