What is a pulsar? As its name suggests it is an object that emits regular pulses of different types of radiation. Normally the pulses are detected as radio emissions but can be detected in the visual wavelengths, x-ray wavelengths and gamma ray wavelengths. Pulsars are neutron stars that have different characteristics to a neutron star. [...]
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Big and Small Asteroids and Their Formation
The solar system formed from dust grains and eventually built up into planets. On the way to making planets some dust grains only formed up to a small size (compared to a planet) and remain at this size today. These rocks are called asteroids. If it wasn’t for these rocks the planets would not have [...]
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The Different Types of Impact Craters and How to Spot Them.
A crater is simple, right? Well, not really, they are not just holes in the ground (well they are really but they do differ depending on the size of the crater). Once we have become experts on the different types of craters and why they are classified differently then I’ll go through the different ways [...]
