Did you know a tiny bit of a neutron star can be unbelievably heavy?
Just one teaspoon of a neutron star would weigh around 6 billion tons on Earth!
Neutron stars are the remnants of massive stars that exploded in supernovae.
When a massive star runs out of fuel, it collapses under its own gravity, creating an incredibly dense neutron star.
Neutron stars pack more mass than our Sun into a sphere only about 20 kilometers across.
The gravity on a neutron star is so strong that not even light can escape its pull!
A single teaspoon of neutron star material = 6 billion tons. That’s like stacking 900 Eiffel Towers!
Studying neutron stars helps us understand the extreme physics of the universe and the life cycle of stars.
Neutron stars can spin up to 600 times per second, creating mesmerizing pulsars we can detect from Earth
From the tiniest teaspoon to the vastness of space, the universe is full of incredible wonders!
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