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“Extraordinary” Slow-Spinning Neutron Star Shakes Astrophysics


Most collapsed stars fully rotate in seconds. This one takes almost an hour. Australian scientists from the University of Sydney and Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have detected what is likely a neutron star spinning slower than any other ever measured. No other radio-emitting neu

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