Neutron star

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title: Neutron star
text: A neutron star is the collapsed core of a massive supergiant star. It results from the supernova explosion of a massive star—combined with gravitational collapse—that compresses the core past white dwarf star density to that of atomic nuclei. Except for black holes, neutron stars are the smallest and densest known class of stellar objects. They have a radius on the order of 10 kilometers (6 mi) and a mass of about 1.4 M☉. Stars that collapse into neutron stars have a total mass of between 10 and
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description: Collapsed core of a massive star
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_star
date created: 2001-11-07T01:40:23Z
date modified: 2024-08-30T21:55:45Z
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