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No, although you can think of a pulsar as a "black hole wannabe that couldn't quite come up with enough mass".
A "pulsar" was named that because of the rapid, perfectly timed light and radio pulses that it emits. Scientists later figured out that a rapidly rotating neutron star would behave just that way, so we strongly suspect that that's what pulsars are; rapidly rotating neutron stars.
In the hierarchy of "dead stars", there are white dwarfs, where the star's mass is supported by electron pressure; all the atoms are crushed together by gravity so that they are a super-dense solid. White dwarf stars come from suns about the size of our own.
A bigger sun, when it dies, will be crushed even more by its greater gravity, and only the inter-nuclear pressure of atomic nuclei can resist it. The electrons are crushed into the protons, the thought goes, leaving only neutrons, like one enormous atomic nucleus. We call them "neutron stars", or, if they are spinning, pulsars. Various writers have called the stuff "neutronium" or "collapsed matter" or "degenerate matter".
Still more massive stars have even more gravity, and the pressure crushed them still further until they become .... we have no idea what. The enormous gravity traps even light, leaving a "black hole in space". which is where the name "black hole" came from.
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∙ 8y agoA pulsar is a neutron star with a very strong magnetic field and a beam of light that is shot from both opposite poles of the star. The star rotates at very high speeds and produces the effect of a pulsing source of light. Hence the name "pulsar". A black hole is just an enormously massive body that is so massive that not even light can escape it. Hence the name "black" hole. It is not actually a hole but just a very very dense, large celestial object.
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What happens star's furnace stops?
Then, depending on the remaining mass of the star, it will collapse into a white dwarf, a neutron star (aka pulsar), or a black hole.Then, depending on the remaining mass of the star, it will collapse into a white dwarf, a neutron star (aka pulsar), or a black hole.Then, depending on the remaining mass of the star, it will collapse into a white dwarf, a neutron star (aka pulsar), or a black hole.Then, depending on the remaining mass of the star, it will collapse into a white dwarf, a neutron star (aka pulsar), or a black hole.
Which of these is part of your solar system a star a galaxy a pulsar a black hole?
The only item on that list that's part of our solar system is "a star". We do have one of those relatively nearby. It's the one we call "the sun".
What is the difference between a Scchwarzschild and a Kerr black hole?
A Schwarzschild black hole is a non-rotating black hole. The Kerr black hole is a rotating black hole. Since the latter is more complicated to describe, it was developed much later.A Schwarzschild black hole is a non-rotating black hole. The Kerr black hole is a rotating black hole. Since the latter is more complicated to describe, it was developed much later.A Schwarzschild black hole is a non-rotating black hole. The Kerr black hole is a rotating black hole. Since the latter is more complicated to describe, it was developed much later.A Schwarzschild black hole is a non-rotating black hole. The Kerr black hole is a rotating black hole. Since the latter is more complicated to describe, it was developed much later.
What is another name for a black hole neutron star or a white dwarf?
Try Collapsar' derived from "Collapsed Star"Also black holes are often referred to as singularities.neutron stars are also known as pulsars, magnetars, and hyperneutron stars depending on it's characteristics
What would happen if you jumped into a Kerr black hole?
If you jumped into an "ordinary" Schwarzschild black hole, you would be crushed into a long line of particles, which means death by a black hole. If you jumped into a Kerr black hole, the same process may occur, but the only thing different is that a Kerr black hole spins, and a Schwarzschild black hole does not. That answer needs a bit more detail. Please use the "related link" below.
What remains after supernova?
A neutron star or a pulsar, or a black hole.
How does pulsar become a black hole?
A pulsar will not become a black hole because they do not implode and that is one of the key features of a star becoming a black hole. a pulsar is highly magnetized and gives off a beam of electromagnetic radiation, when viewed from a distance it will look as though it is flashing.
What is the sun formed out of a pulsar black hole super gaint or nebula?
Nebula. according to nasa.
What do you call it when a star explodes as a supernova and collapses?
pulsar star and if it collapses even more a Black hole.
What happens star's furnace stops?
Then, depending on the remaining mass of the star, it will collapse into a white dwarf, a neutron star (aka pulsar), or a black hole.Then, depending on the remaining mass of the star, it will collapse into a white dwarf, a neutron star (aka pulsar), or a black hole.Then, depending on the remaining mass of the star, it will collapse into a white dwarf, a neutron star (aka pulsar), or a black hole.Then, depending on the remaining mass of the star, it will collapse into a white dwarf, a neutron star (aka pulsar), or a black hole.
What happens when a star is too small to be a black hole but too big to be a neutron star?
There's no mass range that's between "collapses into a neutron star or pulsar" and "collapses into a black hole". It'll be one or the other.
When heavier elements form by fussion a massive star expands into a what?
ether a pulsar or a black hole depending on the mass of the star
What is the life cycle of a blue star?
nebula, protostar, blue giant, super red giant, supernova, black hole or pulsar
When a supernova star explodes what star is formed?
Depending on how much mass is contained. If the star contains big, but not giant mass a pulsar forms. A pulsar is a small star with extreme gavity spinning at 10000 times per second. But when enough mass is contained in a star a hypernova forms with the structure of the star collapsed. Then a black hole forms. A black hole has beyond extreme gravity that it seems to tear dimensional fabric. According to Einstine's theory a black hole can bend light, an object which does not have gravity. It appears that his theory is correct is visibly seen through th Hubble space telescope. Scientists think tha since nothing can escape a black hole including light our milkyway galaxy is a galaxy with a black hole in the middle.
Can a neutron star or a pulsar become a black hole?
No, they cannot.A neutron star forms when the core of a supernova is halted by rising neutron pressure (due to the increase in the density of the core). If this central core ends up having a mass greater than three solar masses, it will end up forming a black hole instead of a neutron star. A pulsar is a type of neutron star that rotates and is highly magnetized.As such, since they are not massive enough to form a black hole in the first place, they probably won't ever become one. The only way that they could possibly become a black hole after formation is if they collide with another neutron star or black hole.
A collapsed star from which light cannot escape?
The collapses star gets squeezed by collapses gas and turns into a black hole.
Which of these is part of your solar system a star a galaxy a pulsar a black hole?
The only item on that list that's part of our solar system is "a star". We do have one of those relatively nearby. It's the one we call "the sun".
