More about magnetars
The world of neutron stars wouldn't be complete with its "bad boys."
Published:
August 23, 2010
 Long the pulsar poster child, the Crab Nebula’s central object is a fast-spinning neutron star that emits jets of radiation at its magnetic axis. Astronomers detect the radio signature from these jets as pulses. It turns out that scientists are finding other classes of pulsars that don’t appear to share traits with the Crab’s central object.
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