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What is a pulsar?
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When a large star comes to the end of its life, it can collapse in on itself to form an extremely dense, spinning star called a neutron star. Because it sends out a beam of radio waves as it spins, a neutron star is also called a pulsating star, or pulsar. | | The M82 galaxy |
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Book:
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Section:
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Chapter:
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