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quasar vs. pulsar
[ kwey-zahr, -zer, -sahr, -ser ]
noun
- one of over a thousand known extragalactic objects, starlike in appearance and having spectra with characteristically large redshifts, that are thought to be the most distant and most luminous objects in the universe.
[ puhl-sahr ]
noun
- one of several hundred known celestial objects, generally believed to be rapidly rotating neutron stars, that emit pulses of radiation, especially radio waves, with a high degree of regularity.