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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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

A Neutron Star Merged with a Surprisingly Light Black Hole

Gravitational waves reveal “mystery object” merging with a neutron star

It Takes a Supercomputer to Properly Simulate a Neutron Star’s Surface

The Maximum Mass of a Neutron Star is 2.25 Solar Masses

Astronomers discover heavy elements after bright gamma-ray burst from neutron star merger