What causes the radio pulses of a pulsar?
A) The star vibrates.
B) As the star spins, beams of radio radiation sweep through space. If one of the beams crosses Earth, we observe a pulse.
C) The star undergoes periodic explosions of nuclear fusion that generate radio emission.
D) The star's orbiting companion periodically eclipses the radio waves emitted by the main pulsar.
E) A black hole near the star absorbs energy and re-emits it as radio waves.
Question 2
In the inner solar system, the largest surface features are found on the largest planets.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Alterations in Arterial Pulses
Center of Mass of a Binary Star System
Memory saver. The part numbers represent components from Radio Shack®.
Crab Nebula Pulsar
The 300-meter Radio Telescope at Arecibo, Puerto Rico
Sunflower Sea Star, California.