Pulsars were discovered because they _____.
A) provide the energy to ionize supernova remnants
B) radiate gravitational waves
C) absorb matter from a binary companion through an accretion disk
D) emit short, regular bursts of radiation
E) undergo nova eruptions on a regular period of a few years
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Q23: A stellar core with a mass greater
Q24: In a binary system containing two neutron
Q25: The highest luminosity burst of radiation observed
Q26: An astronomer examining a compact object could
Q27: Supernova remnants _.
A) always contain pulsars, because
Q29: If the Sun was replaced by a
Q30: Matter falling onto a compact object, such
Q31: An X-ray burster occurs in a pulsar
Q32: The event horizon of a black hole
Q33: The jets emitted by compact objects are
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