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Gravitational Waves Could Give Us Insights into Fast Radio Bursts
Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) are mysterious pulses of energy that can last from a fraction of a millisecond to about…
Neutron Stars With Less Mass Than A White Dwarf Might Exist, and LIGO and Virgo Could Find Them
Theoretically a neutron star could have less mass than a white dwarf. If these light neutron stars exist, we might…
Do the Fastest Spinning Pulsars Contain Quark Matter?
When a massive star dies as a supernova, it can leave behind a pulsar, a rapidly spinning neutron star. The…
Are Fast Radio Bursts Caused by Interstellar Objects Crashing Into Neutron Stars?
Astronomers have only been aware of fast radio bursts for about two decades. These are incredibly short-lived blasts of radio…
The Strange Pulsar at the Center of the Crab Nebula
Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we all have a vivid image of the Crab Nebula emblazoned in our mind's…
The Aftermath of a Neutron Star Collision Resembles the Conditions in the Early Universe
Neutron stars are extraordinarily dense objects, the densest in the Universe. They pack a lot of matter into a small…
Astronomers Have Found the Fastest Spinning Neutron Star
In 2005 astronomers found a pulsar rotating at 716 times a second. Now a team studying an X-ray binary has…
Neutron Star Mergers Could Be Producing Quark Matter
When neutron stars dance together, the grand smash finale they experience might create the densest known form of matter known…
The Aftermath of Neutron Star Mergers
Neutron stars (NS) are the collapsed cores of supermassive giant stars that contain between 10 and 25 solar masses. Aside…
How a Black Hole Could Eat a Neutron Star from the Inside Out
Primordial black holes are thought to have formed early in the evolution of the universe. None have been discovered yet…