Roberta Duarte Meteored Brazil
These objects form after the gravitational collapse of the core of massive stars that explode as supernovas. The remaining material is compressed to such high densities that protons and electrons combine to form neutrons.
Some of the most mysterious and complex phenomena in the universe are linked to neutron stars. These include gamma-ray bursts, magnetars and pulsars, which emit extremely regular pulses of radiation.
When pulsars were discovered in the 1960s, the signals were so precise and unusual that some researchers even considered an extraterrestrial origin. It…
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