Probing the mysteries of neutron stars with a surprising earthly analog

Ever since neutron stars were discovered, researchers have been using their unusual properties to probe our universe. The superdense remnants of stellar explosions, neutron stars pack a mass greater than the Sun’s into a ball about as wide as San Francisco. A single cup of this star matter would weigh about as much as MountContinue reading “Probing the mysteries of neutron stars with a surprising earthly analog”
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