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pulsar
- /ˈpʌl.sɑːr/
Where it comes from
Blend of pulsating + (radio) star, patterned after quasar. Coined by British astronomers Antony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell in 1968, and first used in print in The Daily Telegraph. By surface analysis, pulse + -ar
noun pulsars
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A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.
Rapidly rotating dead stars, pulsars are so named because as they spin, they release beams of electromagnetic radiation across space that appear to pulse like celestial lighthouses.
But a pulsar called PSR J1023+0038, located about 4,500 light-years away from Earth in the Sextans constellation, is e
Similar: PSR
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Talk about this word "pulsar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pulsar. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pulsar. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pulsar "pulsar." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pulsar.Cite this
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title = {pulsar},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pulsar},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
