It turns out that instead of a pulsar being created as the result of a supernova explosion, that exactly the opposite is true: i.e. that it is the pulsar as part of a binary star system that causes its companion to explode in a supernova.
In addition, the result of this discovery is that dark matter has been discovered to consist of hundreds of billions of neutron stars that are traveling through the Milky Way galaxy along with normal stars and occasionally colliding with a normal star and becoming bound in a binary which is the pre-cursor to a supernova explosion.
This web site, secretofthepulsars.com, explains all this in detail that is expected to be straight-forward to understand by people who have some interest and knowledge of a bit of physics and astronomy, at the level one might have to read astronomy magazines or other consumer-level scientific literature.
INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW

January 27, 2021
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Analogy: “You can’t go down the up escalator!”
In science, it is generally useful to come up with easy-to-understand analogies, or metaphors that relate to the subject being discussed. In this context what we are trying to do is come up with an analogy that helps us understand the problems with: the existing theory of pulsars (which we refer to as the NS-Creation […]
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January 19, 2021
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What is the “secret” of the pulsars?
The “secret” of the pulsars is rooted in a fundamental contradiction between the spin data of observed neutron star pulsars and the current theory (NS-Creation) that is used to explain the existence of pulsars. The pulsar spin data can be generally characterized as falling in two broad categories: There are relatively fast spinning pulsars that […]
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December 17, 2020
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How NS-Capture explains “Extreme Supernovae”
In the December 2020 issue of Scientific American (sciam), there is a cover story on “Extreme Supernovae” with subtitle: “Bizarre stellar explosions challenge our understanding of how stars live and die” The article, itself, is entitled: “Strange Supernovae Upend Expectations” by author: Anna Y.Q.Ho This post describes how the Neutron Star Capture Theory (NS-Capture) explains […]
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May 1, 2020
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Why the P/P-dot diagram supports the NS-Capture Theory
If the NS-Creation theory is used to create the pulsars that become part of X-ray Binaries, then there should be evidence of radio binary pulsars where a fast binary pulsar is slow down. No such observations exist.
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April 29, 2020
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Welcome to restarted blog: Key Points Proving NS-Capture Theory
This post is intended to explain in very basic terms the reason why a new theory of pulsar creation is necessary. Once the need is recognized, then the "Secret of the Pulsars" is enabled to reveal itself.
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January 30, 2020
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NS-Capture theory extended to millisecond pulsars
The theory presented on this site is both already in existence & in parallel being presented for general availability for the first time. As such there will be ongoing updates such as this one:
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January 29, 2020
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New Theory: From Main Sequence to Supernova
A new page has been added to theory, which shows one application of the capture theory and how it can rewrite much of our understanding of astronomy.
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January 29, 2020
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Neutron Star Capture Theory
A new post has been added providing details about Neutron Star Capture Theory, which is the essential mechanism used to explain the full theory of pulsars. While the theory has existed since 1975, it has only been applied in a limited manner.
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