neutron stars
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A Black Hole Collided With Something That Shouldn’t Exist
Astronomers are puzzling over observations that show a black hole smashing into a mystery object of unusual size.
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Extremely Massive Neutron Star May Be The Largest Ever Spotted
Scientists have discovered what could be the largest neutron star on record, according to new research.
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Gravitational Wave Detectors May Have Spotted A Neutron Star Colliding With A Black Hole
A pair of objects, each more massive than the Sun but only as wide as a city, have once again produced ripples in spacetime that were picked up by sensitive gravitational wave detectors on Earth. But this time, scientists think they may have measured something even weirder the usual.
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New Supernova Discovery Explains Landmark Neutron Star Collision
August 17, 2017 heralded one of the most important observations in astronomy’s history: two neutron stars colliding, sending both light and gravitational waves towards the Earth. But it left one question wide open: how two of these stellar corpses could have ended up orbiting each other in the first place.