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A '''pulsar''' is a type of [[star]], a rapidly rotating [[neutron star]] that sends out streams of [[electron]]s at nearly the [[speed of light]] along their [[magnetic pole]]s. These [[subatomic particle]]s emit [[electromagnetic radiation]], including [[radio]] waves, visible light, [[X-ray]]s, and [[gamma radiation|gamma rays]], such as that as the pulsar rotates they appear to "pulse" with light to an observer.
 
A '''pulsar''' is a type of [[star]], a rapidly rotating [[neutron star]] that sends out streams of [[electron]]s at nearly the [[speed of light]] along their [[magnetic pole]]s. These [[subatomic particle]]s emit [[electromagnetic radiation]], including [[radio]] waves, visible light, [[X-ray]]s, and [[gamma radiation|gamma rays]], such as that as the pulsar rotates they appear to "pulse" with light to an observer.
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In the mid-[[2360s]] the [[USS Trieste|USS ''Trieste'']] was assigned by [[Starfleet]] to undertake a pulsar reasearch project. ''([[Starship Mission Status]] chart from [[TNG Season 4]] onward)''
   
 
'''See also''': [[Astronomy and Astrophysics]]; [[class B itinerant pulsar]]; [[Vandor system]]
 
'''See also''': [[Astronomy and Astrophysics]]; [[class B itinerant pulsar]]; [[Vandor system]]
   
 
* [[TNG]]: "[[Samaritan Snare]]"
 
* [[TNG]]: "[[Samaritan Snare]]"
* [[VGR]]: "[[Pathfinder]]"
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* [[VGR]]: "[[Pathfinder]]"*
* [[Starship Mission Status]] chart
 
 
* [[TNG]]: "[[We'll Always Have Paris]]"
 
* [[TNG]]: "[[We'll Always Have Paris]]"
 
* [[VGR]]: "[[Child's Play]]"
 
* [[VGR]]: "[[Child's Play]]"

Revision as of 05:39, 8 December 2004

A pulsar is a type of star, a rapidly rotating neutron star that sends out streams of electrons at nearly the speed of light along their magnetic poles. These subatomic particles emit electromagnetic radiation, including radio waves, visible light, X-rays, and gamma rays, such as that as the pulsar rotates they appear to "pulse" with light to an observer.

In the mid-2360s the USS Trieste was assigned by Starfleet to undertake a pulsar reasearch project. (Starship Mission Status chart from TNG Season 4 onward)

See also: Astronomy and Astrophysics; class B itinerant pulsar; Vandor system

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