Chapter 1
The birth of cosmic monsters
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Chapter 2
Pulsars and the cosmic lighthouse
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Chapter 3
Magnetars and magnetic monsters
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Chapter 4
Cosmic collisions and gold mines
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Chapter 5
Mapping the universe with pulsars
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YOUR GOAL
Master of The world of neutron stars
Ch 2 · Pulsars and the cosmic lighthouse
artiteacher Pulsars and the cosmic lighthouse
Seven hundred times a second, J-Seventeen-Forty-Eight flashes in the deep.
Fun Fact
Fast spins: The fastest known pulsar, PSR J1748-2446ad, spins on its axis 716 times every single second.
Glossary
pulsar (noun)
A rapidly spinning neutron star that emits regular pulses of radio waves and other electromagnetic radiation. Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered the first of these highly magnetized, rotating stellar corpses in 1967.
A rapidly spinning neutron star that emits regular pulses of radio waves and other electromagnetic radiation. Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered the first of these highly magnetized, rotating stellar corpses in 1967.
Quiz
What kind of electromagnetic radiation do we most commonly detect from pulsars?
Quiz
In what year did Chinese and Arab astronomers record the supernova that created the Crab Nebula?