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Showing posts with label Super-dense neutron. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Super-dense neutron. Show all posts

Saturday, July 27, 2013

Super-dense neutron stars and their secrets

Scientists have new clue to the strange operation of neutron stars - these objects are so dense that they compress the mass of several suns in the space of less than a terrestrial city.

Neutron stars are born when a massive star runs out of fuel for nuclear fusion and decay. They cast off its outer layers, and their nuclei are compressed by gravity and become denser and denser.