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Whenever I read about neutron stars, they are always too far away (like millions of light years), so I did a quick search and found one closest to earth about 2
by 0xFFFE 9y ago
Whenever I read about neutron stars, they are always too far away (like millions of light years), so I did a quick search and found one closest to earth about 250 to 1000 light years and apparently it is above the plane of the milky way galaxy.
https://www.space.com/4247-astronomers-find-closest-neutron-star.html https://www.space.com/4247-astronomers-find-closest-neutron-...
I wish we could watch these neutron stars and black holes more closely, we know so little about the universe.
- Already__Taken 9y agoMaking sure you don't miss this in that case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt82NjSPAc8&disable_polymer=true https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt82NjSPAc8&disable_polymer=...
- 0xFFFE 9y agoThank you for the link, it's amazing how quickly it cooled down. I thought it would take hundreds of years for it to go from blue to red. But I guess since the merger of the neutron star resulted in the formation of blackhole, It could explain the rapid cooling down, a la endothermic reaction so to speak :)