File:Neutron Star X-ray beaming with accretion disk.jpg
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English: This computer-generated shows a neutron star -- the core of a star that exploded in a massive supernova. This particular neutron star is known as a pulsar because it sends out rotating beams of X-rays that sweep past Earth like lighthouse beacons. |
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| Source | https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA18845 |
| Author | NASA |
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| current | 07:48, 14 April 2023 | 3,000 × 1,688 (149 KB) | Raphael.concorde | Uploaded a work by NASA from https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA18845 with UploadWizard |
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