Pulsar

n. (Astronomy) celestial body which radiates electromagnetic pulses at regular intervals (believed to be a rapidly spinning neutron star)

Pulsars are highly magnetized rotating neutron stars which emit a beam of detectable electromagnetic radiation in the form of radio waves. Their periods range from 1.5 ms to 8.5 s. The radiation can only be observed when the beam of emission is pointing towards the Earth. This is called the lighthouse effect and gives rise to the pulsed nature that gives pulsars their name. Because neutron stars are very dense objects, the rotation period and thus the interval between observed pulses are very regular. For some pulsars, the regularity of pulsation is as accurate as an atomic clock. Pulsars are known to have planets orbiting them, as in the case of PSR B1257+12. Werner Becker of the Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik recently said,
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Noun
1. a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation
(hypernym) neutron star

n. (Astronomy) pulsar, celestial body which radiates electromagnetic pulses at regular intervals (believed to be a rapidly spinning neutron star)

n. (Astronomy) pulsar, celestial body which radiates electromagnetic pulses at regular intervals (believed to be a rapidly spinning neutron star)