The Crab Nebula in Blue and White
Credit & Copyright: Jay Gallagher (U. Wisc.), WIYN, AURA, NOAO, NSF
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My Pet Neutron Star
Credit & Copyright: Jay Gallagher (U. Wisc.), WIYN, AURA, NOAO, NSF
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My Pet Neutron Star
Science Nasa: My Pet Neutron Star (15 February 2010)
"They're about the same size as Manhattan Island yet more massive than the Sun. A teaspoonful of one would weigh about a billion tons. On the outside, neutron stars are brittle.
They are covered by an iron-rich crust. On the inside, they are fluid. Each one harbors a sea of neutrons -- the debris from atoms crushed by a supernova explosion. The whole ensemble rotates hundreds of times each second, and so spawns powerful quantum tornadoes within the star..."
They are covered by an iron-rich crust. On the inside, they are fluid. Each one harbors a sea of neutrons -- the debris from atoms crushed by a supernova explosion. The whole ensemble rotates hundreds of times each second, and so spawns powerful quantum tornadoes within the star..."
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