My take as a layman: The pulsar blinks. The blinks are tied to spin, the form of the electromagnetic beam, and its electromagnetic cloud. The measurements ar

My take as a layman: The pulsar blinks. The blinks are tied to spin, the form of the electromagnetic beam, and its electromagnetic cloud. The measurements are of the beam, its time, its output in luminosity and the uh.. force of the electromagnetic beam? Also, it's not that old.