Are pulsars giant permanent magnets?
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 10:00
in Astronomy & Space
Some of the most bizarre phenomenon in the universe are neutron stars. Very few things in our universe can rival the density in these remnants of supernova explosions. Neutron stars emit intense radiation from their magnetic poles, and when a neutron star is aligned such that these beams of radiation point in Earths direction, we can detect the pulses, and refer to said neutron star as a pulsar.