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| Diagrams of pulsars with strong magnetic fields forcing all light to be emitted or absorbed through the poles of the spinning star. Matter is also chanelled onto the star via the magnetic poles. When a certain amount of matter is on the star, the star has a brief explosion, in timed intervials, that gives off or emitts X-ray light. | |
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| Images of the Crab pulsar. The image to the right shows the light emitted with the star pulses. The image to the left shows how no light is emitted from the neutron star in between the pulses. | |
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Computerized images of pulsars. The image to the right shows that the pulsar's magnetic fields only allow light to be emitted from the poles of the neutron star. The image to the right displays a bight flash of light from the pulsar in our direction. The pulse or flash times can be calculated and occur when certain amounts of matter are deposited onto the star. |
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