An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

A new type of astronomical object, appearing as an intense → burst of → radio emission, proposed to explain → fast radio bursts. In some models, blitzars result from the sudden → collapse of a hypothetical → supermassive neutron star.

See also: From Ger. Blitz, “→ flash, lightening,”

• -âr ending component, as in → pulsar.