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To Probe the Interior of Neutron Stars, We Must Study the Gravitational Waves from their Collisions


ch the end of their life cycle, they undergo gravitational collapse and shed their outer layers in a massive explosion (a supernova). Whereas particularly massive stars will leave a black hole in their wake, others leave behind a stellar remnant known as a neutron star (or white dwarf).

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