neutron star
noun
: a dense celestial object that consists primarily of closely packed neutrons and that results from the collapse of a much larger stellar body
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Scientists know that stellar corpses are densely packed with neutrons — one teaspoon of neutron star material would weigh as much as Mount Everest.
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Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
The group calculated that approximately one in three gravitational waves of the right sort (neutron star collisions work best since their mergers last longer than black hole mergers) would make the bar ring with one quantum unit of energy.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
These systems are made up of the black hole and a secondary object like a star, much denser neutron star, or another black hole.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
There are even proposals to use gravitational-wave signals from merging black holes and neutron stars.
—Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
The group calculated that approximately one in three gravitational waves of the right sort (neutron star collisions work best since their mergers last longer than black hole mergers) would make the bar ring with one quantum unit of energy.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
These systems are made up of the black hole and a secondary object like a star, much denser neutron star, or another black hole.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2024
There are even proposals to use gravitational-wave signals from merging black holes and neutron stars.
—Marc Kamionkowski, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Neutron star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neutron%20star. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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