Green Bank Telescope detects most massive neutron star ever observed
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A neutron star with 2.17 times the mass of our Sun crammed into a sphere 18.6 miles across has been observed 4,600 light years from Earth by astronomers using the Green Bank Telescope in Pocahontas County.
The high-density neutron star is the most massive ever detected, and approaches the theoretical maximum mass possible for a neutron star, according to the researchers who discovered it.
Dear Friend Sandy: Fascinating.
Thanks for posting.
Please inform us on such topics.
We are the better off for knowing them.
We can never know too much about our universe.
Who is to say where such findings can be helpful?
P&AB.
Enoch.
I have been by there several times going to Cass Railroad
Crikey, that's some REALLY dense material.
It must be scary beautiful.
I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around that. That's a lot of potential energy. Good thing it's over 4,600 light years away
My friend has a cabin in the mountains there - you can see the telescope when sitting out on the deck. It's a beautiful area and NO CELL PHONES!
Or WiFi.