(from the article `X-ray source`) ...are several types of X-ray binaries. In an X-ray pulsar, the gas is channeled to the poles of a neutron star and the radiation is given off as ... ...X-rays. Some of this X-ray emission appears as intense fluctuations of radiation lasting only a few seconds but changing in strength by as much as ... ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/133