WHAT ARE NEUTRON STARS?
Neutron stars are the densest objects in the universe. They are created when giant stars dies in supernovas and their gets collapsed, with the electrons and protons essentially melting into each other to form neutrons and had a total mass of between 10 to 29 solar masses.
Size:
They are city-sized stellar objects with a mass about 1.4 times that of the sun.
Formation:
When a massive star explode in a violent supernova, their outer layers blow leaving a dense core that starts to collapse and because of gravity the material gets pressed so tightly that the elections and the protons combines to make neutrons, hence the name "Neutron Stars".
Facts about neutron stars:
1. Neutron stars pack their mass inside a 20km diameter. They are so dense that a single spoon would weigh a billion tones.
2. Neutron stars could spin as fast as 43,000 times per minute.
3. Like two normal stars two neutron stars orbit one another and if they are close enough, they can even spiral inwards giving rise to a very intense phenomena known as 'kilonova'.
4. It's gravity is so strong that it can bend radiation from other stras in a process called 'Gravitational Lensing' which helps astronomers to see back side of the stars.
5. Neutron stars are also called "Light house of the universe" as some of them have jets of materials streaming out of them at nearly the speed of light. Scientists calls them pulsars after their pulsating appearance.
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