Neutron star

A neutron star is the collapsed core of a massive supergiant star, which had a total mass of between 10 and 25 solar masses (M☉), possibly more if the star was especially metal-rich.

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MIT scientists pin down the origins of a fast radio burst: « The fleeting cosmic firework likely emerged from the turbulent magnetosphere around a far-off neutron star. »

This Fast Radio Burst Definitely Came From a Neutron Star

Astronomers discover one of the fastest-spinning stars in the universe: « A new study by DTU Space researchers has revealed a neutron star that rotates around its axis at an extremely high speed. It spins 716 times per second, making it one of the fastest-spinning objects ever observed. »

Advanced Simulations Clarify Neutron Star Dynamics and Supernova Physics

Neutron Star Collision Leads to the Smallest Black Hole Ever Recorded

Black hole or neutron star? Gravitational wave 'chirps' can tell us what becomes of dying stars

Neutron Star Mergers Could Be Producing Quark Matter

How a Black Hole Could Eat a Neutron Star from the Inside Out

First-Ever Sighting: Neutron Star’s Bizarre “Garden Sprinkler” Jet Captured

Cosmic Slowpoke: The Neutron Star That Defies Speed Limits

Neutron Star is Spraying Jets Like a Garden Sprinkler

Bizarre 'garden sprinkler-like' jet is spotted shooting out of neutron star

Scientists Weighed a Neutron Star to Glimpse The Strange Physics Inside

Rapidly spinning 'extreme' neutron star discovered by US Navy research intern

Quick-Cooling Oddballs Rewrite Neutron Star Physics

Scientists detect slowest-spinning radio emitting neutron star ever recorded

Integral Space Telescope Spots Massive Nuclear Explosions Feeding Neutron Star Jets

Science Simplified: What Is a Neutron Star?

First gravitational wave detection of a mass gap object merging with a neutron star

Webb Telescope Uncovers Neutron Star Hidden in Supernova Debris