Pulsar planet

Okay kiddo, you know what a star is right? It's a big ball of hot gas in space that shines very brightly. Well, sometimes when a star gets very old, it can explode and send its outer layers flying away in a big explosion called a supernova. But the core of the star, the very center part, can sometimes survive the explosion and become something called a "neutron star."

Now, a neutron star is a very strange thing. It's incredibly dense - that means that it weighs a lot, even though it's really small. In fact, a teaspoonful of a neutron star would weigh about as much as a mountain on earth! When a neutron star spins very fast and sends out beams of radiation (which is a type of energy that travels through space), we call it a "pulsar."

So, a pulsar is a tiny spinning star that sends out beams of energy like a lighthouse. Now, scientists have discovered that some pulsars have planets orbiting around them, just like the planets in our own solar system. These planets are called "pulsar planets." It's amazing to think that there could be entire worlds orbiting around a tiny, super-dense star like a pulsar!

Hope that helps, kiddo!