The Magnetic Wakes of Pulsar Planets

Madrid, Spain (SPX) Oct 01, 2012
Pulsars are among the most extreme stars in the universe: dense balls of matter which are heavier than the Sun, yet only a few tens of kilometers in diameter. They rotate rapidly (up to several hundred revolutions per second) and flash like lighthouse beacons - hence the name, which is short for pulsating star. And yet despite these exotic properties, pulsars are like our Sun in one way at least

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