Astronomers Mapped The Surface Of A Neutron Star For The First Time
For the first time, NASA was able to map the entire surface of a neutron star. Astronomers said that the mass of the neutron star, which is about 25 km in diameter, is 1.5 times higher than the mass of the Sun. For decades, scientists have been trying to understand exactly what neutron stars are. In the simplest model, a neutron star has a strong magnetic field very similar to a household magnet....