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Are Stellar Zombies Real?

October 23, 2017December 29, 2022 0

The recent attention on the neutron star merger GW170817 has made many people, who would not otherwise come across astronomy online, curious about space and specifically gravitational waves sources like neutron stars. I love this type of star so what is more fitting than to spread the love. I previously presented you three crazy features in neutron stars, one of them being the accreting nature in binary systems – and these are exactly the systems we will look into here.

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Dead Stars Are Dense Stars

October 19, 2017December 29, 2022 5

These days neutron stars are big in the media, partially because they are such extreme objects. But what exactly is a neutron star – and how do you put something so extreme into perspective? Let’s try.

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3 Crazy Features Of Neutron Stars

October 19, 2017December 29, 2022 3

Neutron stars are the origin of the current media wave around GW170817. I would argue that neutron stars are more interesting than black holes simply because they are the densest objects in the Universe, that still obeys out known laws of physics. Whereas thinking too much about black holes and your head explodes.