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Neutron Star (Created (Massive Star runs out of fuel (fused stars hydrogen…
Neutron Star
Created
One is created almost every century
Massive Star runs out of fuel
fused stars hydrogen into heavier elements
Helium
Carbon
Nitrogen
Iron
Collapses under gravitational pressure and explodes
Turns into supernova
Discovered
Jocelyn Bell
Astrophycist
Indirectly
1967
Using regular radio pulses
PSR B1919+21
Death of a neutron star
Aging neutron stars rotations slow down over a period of billions of years.
Radiates away energy
Waves
Electromagnetic
Gravity
Co-orbits another star
Feeds on star
Star has loosely bound atmosphere which makes easy to feed on
Neutron star binaries
Small % that it will happen
Two neutron stars orbiting each other
Collide and send gravity waves through space-time
Description
Ball of matter
Very dense
Collapses atomic electrons from quantum orbits
Puts them into the depths of atomic nuclei
Protons and electrons fused into neutrons.
Forms a frictionless liquid
Superfluid
Surrounded by a crust