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    Pulsars are special kinds of neutron stars. The terms are not interchangeable. Pulsars are neutron stars which fire off pulses of EM radiation kind of like a lighthouse light. However, the pulse is not necessarily aligned with the star's axis of rotation. We're still not entirely sure why this happens, but not all