Tick, Tick Pulsating Star: How we wonder what you are?
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Presenter: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Published: March 2009
Age: 18-22 and upwards
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Type: Lectures
Source/institution: Vega
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The discovery of pulsars, neutron stars which form when massive stars explode (supernovae), took astronomers by surprise. Their discovery is described and the way in which these bizarre objects have led to an understanding of matter under extreme conditions.
