Pulsar

A pulsar (from pulsating radio source) is a highly magnetized rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation out of its magnetic poles.

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JWST Finds An Exoplanet Around A Pulsar Whose Atmosphere Is All Carbon

Astronomers discover a 'forbidden' pulsar fleeing a supernova in a seemingly empty region of the Milky Way

It’s Not a Pulsar. It’s Not a Magnetar. So What Is This Bizarre Star?

This Galactic 'Bone' Was Smashed by a Pulsar Clocking Up to 2 Million MPH

PULSAR: Planetary pULSe-tAkeR

Observations detect young and energetic pulsar in a supernova remnant

A Close Pulsar Measures 11.4 km Across

Nearest millisecond pulsar has radius of 11.4 kilometers and is 1.4x as heavy as the sun, researchers find

Study investigates a massive 'spider' pulsar

Astronomers are puzzled over an enigmatic companion to a pulsar

Cosmic Cannonballs: Unraveling the Mystery of a Pulsar’s Bizarre Brightness Shifts

A Pulsar Suddenly Threw Out Radiation 200 Times More Energetic

Scientists discover the highest energy gamma-rays ever from a pulsar

A Pulsar Suddenly Threw Out Radiation 200 Times More Energetic

Scientists discover the highest energy gamma-rays ever from a pulsar

Astronomers spotted the highest energy light ever seen from a pulsar

10,000,000,000,000x the Energy of Visible Light: Pulsar’s Record-Breaking Gamma Rays Baffle Scientists

Pulsar surprises astronomers with record-breaking gamma-rays

A Bizarre Pulsar Switches Between Two Brightness Modes. Astronomers Finally Figured Out Why.