May 2013
1 post
Pulsars
Pulsars are extremely dense, rapidly spinning, highly magnetic neutron stars, that release gamma ray bursts out of their magnetic poles as they spin. Neutron stars form when much larger stars supernova, and are just ridiculously dense. A neutron star has a density of anywhere from 3.7×1017 to 5.9×1017 kg/m3 (compared to the density of a nucleus 3×1017 kg/m3) Denser than a nucleus!! When a star...
