In the Lighthouse Model,

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The Lighthouse Model explains pulsars as rapidly rotating neutron stars whose magnetic poles do not align with their rotational axes. As these stars spin, beams of radiation emitted from the magnetic poles sweep through space. If Earth lies in the path of one of these beams, we detect a pulse of radiation each time the beam points toward us, similar to how a lighthouse appears to blink on and off from the perspective of a ship at sea. This model does not require the poles to point directly at us, nor does it imply the star turns on and off; instead, it's the orientation of the beams relative to Earth that creates the pulsing effect.