Neutron stars News
Neutron stars are the dense, collapsed cores that remain after large stars die in a supernova explosion.
Many observatories, including space telescopes, probed the suspected location of the source, and within about 12 hours several spotted their quarry.
The event caused by the neutron stars has been dubbed "GW170817" because it sent ripples through space-time that reached Earth on August 17.
Due to their extreme nature, neutron stars and pulsars have engendered a great deal of interest since their existence was proposed in 1939 and then discovered in 1967.
Neutron stars are the densest observable objects in the universe, with a fistful of stellar material outweighing a mountain on Earth.
A neutron star is the crushed core of a massive star that ran out of fuel, collapsed under its own weight, and exploded as a supernova.
The space observatory is scheduled to take off at 3:45 a.m. EST from the Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima, Japan.
Mathematicians at University of Southampton have now found a new way to measure the mass of pulsars.
Loading...