New method to measure neutron star size uses modeling based on thermonuclear explosions

On: November 27, 2017

Neutron stars are made out of cold, ultra-dense matter. How this matter behaves is one of the biggest mysteries in modern nuclear physics. Researchers have developed a new method for measuring the radius of neutron stars to understand what happens to the matter inside the star under extreme pressure.

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