The cause of the pulsations we see in the light from neutron stars is

A) the in and out pulsations of star's radius, as the star gets rapidly larger and then smaller.
B) pulsations of its neutrons.
C) the spinning motion of the star.
D) motions of electrons within the star.
E) Nonsense--neutron stars do not pulsate.


C

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