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by season2episode3 733 days ago
This is so cool! I want to build one of these with my kids someday.
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How do you explain a pulsar to a kid?
Natural lighthouse, right? It's got a bright side and a dark side and spins around.
It’s more like it has a laser pointer stuck through its magnetic pole. You could do a little demo with say a potato and a laser pointer.