Pulsars

=Pulsars - //'The Magnetic Field'//= [|Pulsars] are simply rotating neutron stars that move rapidly in a strong magnetic field. Pulsars are objects in space that send out regular bursts of electromagnetic radiation, mainly in the form of radio waves. They give out radio waves which act as a lighthouse, but a special radio telescope can detect these waves as pulses. Pulsars have a much stronger magnetic field than the Earths, being about 1,000,000,000,000 times stronger

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Pulsars were discovered in 1967 by British astronomers Antony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell. The strong gravity of a pulsar can capture gases from a nearby companion star. These gases crash into the pulsar, creating hot spots that send out beams of X rays. On average, pulsars spin at the rate of twice a second. All pulsars eventually lose energy and slow down. Pulsars are treated like neutron stars. Bibliography: [] []