The starburst-like diagram is called a pulsar map, because it shows the location of our sun relative to known pulsars. Pulsars are the rapidly spinning remains of dying stars—the leftover cores ...

A pulsar's "spectrum" refers to a diagram that represents all the different light intensities and energies emitted by the object. (This is not exclusive to pulsars. Scientists can study lots of ...

A diagram of a pulsar showing its rotation axis, magnetic axis, and magnetic field. Second, 1438 is a pulsar. Simply put, pulsars are neutron stars that emit beams of radiation that sweep through ...