Protostar

A basic definition of a Protostar is part of a process which forms a

star. It also means millions of swirling clouds of dust and hydrogen
gas that form within a protogalaxy and eventually evolve into
thermonuclear star.

How it is formed?
Protostar’s are expected in dense complexes which contain dust and
gas combined. When hydrogen is added to the complex the molecule
is then called Molecular clouds. Basically molecular clouds are
clustered mass of material which has low temperatures. During the
process the protostar collapses causing the outer parts to flatten like
a pancake. At the start the Protostar mass is very small. After the
years the Protostar gradually becomes bigger and eventually attains
a protostellar like mass. When the protostar gets smaller the amount
of heat increases. The gravity heating causes the protostar to
become hot.

So basically a protostar is not a place where human life form can

survive because the temperatures are high and are sometimes low.
However it is possible that there are life forms that can survive in hot
temperatures & therefore there is no guarantee that protostar can’t
sustain life.

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Pulsar

A basic definition of a pulsar is highly magnetized rotating neutron

stars that have an electromagnetic radiation beam coming out of it.
Pulsar is a neutron star that spins rapidly and emits radio waves
along its magnetic axis.

Pulsars can be seen at the ranges of 1.4

milliseconds to 8.5 seconds.
A pulsar can only be observed from earth only if
the beam is pointing towards the earth.

Pulsars are predicted to be very dense and spin

very fast; they have a small radius of only about
10km and to acquires large magnetic fields. The
charged (+) particles moving along the magnetic
field could cause beams of radiation to be
emitted from the magnetic poles. As the neutron star keeps rotating,
the beam would sweep across space. If the direction of the beam was
going towards Earth, a pulse may be detectable using a radio
telescope.

There are two types of pulsars:

The ordinary – Explained on the top

Millisecond pulsars – These were originally in

orbit with another star. After a pulsar is formed, the
matter was pulled from the accompanying star on
to the pulsar. During this process the pulsar
rotates faster and faster until it became one of the
millisecond pulsars. Later, the accompanying star dies and becomes
a white dwarf, neutron star or black hole depending on its original
size. If the accompanying star remained in orbit with the pulsar, a
double millisecond pulsar structure would be formed.

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