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What is a Pulsar
Monday, February 15, 2010 11:45 AM

A pulsar is a highly magnetrized rotating neutron star. They appear to pulse because they have jets of particles moving almost at the speed of light coming from their magnetic poles. These jets produce powerful beams of light. The magnetic pole is slightly misaligned from the rotational axis line, like the magnetic pole on Earth is not in line with our "true... Read More...

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