Pulsar

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A rapidly rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation, observed as regular pulses as the beam sweeps past Earth, used to measure neutron star masses.

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A rapidly rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation, observed as regular pulses as the beam sweeps past Earth, used to measure neutron star masses.