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Neutron stars
Nov 6^th, 2018 at 6:53pm

This is fascinating - it's almost like science fiction but it's true.

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In the aftermath of a 8 – 20 solar mass star’s demise we find a weird little object known as a neutron star. Neutrons stars are incredibly dense, spin rapidly, and have very strong magnetic fields. Some of them we see as pulsars, flashing in brightness as they spin. Neutrons stars with the strongest magnetic fields are called magnetars, and are capable of colossal bursts of energy that can be detected over vast distances.

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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 95218 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Neutron stars Reply #1 - Nov 6^th, 2018 at 6:55pm Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell Published on Sep 3, 2014 Neutron Stars are some of the strangest things in the Universe. Not quite massive enough to become black holes they are basically atoms as big as mountains with properties so extreme it's mind-blowing. And if you get too close to a neutron star you are in big trouble…
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 95218 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Neutron stars Reply #2 - Nov 6^th, 2018 at 6:56pm Pulsars: One Of The Strangest Objects In the Universe - Documentary Insomnia Team Published on Jun 21, 2017 A pulsar is a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star or white dwarf, that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation that extends unimaginable distances into space and will annihilate anything in it's path!
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Captain Nemo Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8424 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Neutron stars Reply #3 - Nov 6^th, 2018 at 7:36pm Sing-a-long time!
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 95218 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Neutron stars Reply #4 - Nov 6^th, 2018 at 8:21pm Nemo - how disappointing - I was kind of hoping for a technical discussion.
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Captain Nemo Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 8424 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Neutron stars Reply #5 - Nov 6^th, 2018 at 8:28pm Sorry about that ... I'm kinda neutral on the subject.
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Jasin Gold Member Online Posts: 46445 Gender:	Re: Neutron stars Reply #6 - Nov 6^th, 2018 at 9:40pm I think you should come back down to earth Bobby. You have more pressing matters at hand. Like all those Sudanese who act as if they are African-Americans in LA, while in ...Melbourne.
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Bobby. Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 95218 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Neutron stars Reply #7 - Nov 6^th, 2018 at 9:46pm Jasin wrote on Nov 6^th, 2018 at 9:40pm: I think you should come back down to earth Bobby. You have more pressing matters at hand. Like all those Sudanese who act as if they are African-Americans in LA, while in ...Melbourne. I have to put my mind into outer space to have some kind of temporary relief from home invasion fears.
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SadKangaroo Gold Member Offline #FightStupid Posts: 14879 Mianjin (Brisbane)	Re: Neutron stars Reply #8 - Nov 29^th, 2018 at 5:50pm Bobby. wrote on Nov 6^th, 2018 at 8:21pm: Nemo - how disappointing - I was kind of hoping for a technical discussion. I wish I knew enough about this subject to give you one. It's always been an interest of mine, but I'm not trained in, nor studied the area to do anything but regurgitate what I'd read from those in the field.
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Re: Neutron stars
Reply #9 - Nov 29^th, 2018 at 5:55pm

SadKangaroo wrote on Nov 29^th, 2018 at 5:50pm:

Bobby. wrote on Nov 6^th, 2018 at 8:21pm:

Nemo - how disappointing -

I was kind of hoping for a technical discussion.

I wish I knew enough about this subject to give you one. It's always been an interest of mine, but I'm not trained in, nor studied the area to do anything but regurgitate what I'd read from those in the field.

It's amazing to think that those monsters are out there -
neutron stars.

It's a good thing that none are close to our solar system.

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Johnnie Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 12485 Gender:	Re: Neutron stars Reply #10 - Nov 29^th, 2018 at 6:44pm Neutron stars have some serious gravity. Neutron Stars actually exert a lot of gravity for objects as small as they are (about 10 kilometers in radius). In fact, if you stood on the surface of a neutron star you would feel about 200 Billion times more gravity than here on Earth (which would not be healthy)!
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Re: Neutron stars
Reply #11 - Nov 29^th, 2018 at 6:54pm

Johnnie wrote on Nov 29^th, 2018 at 6:44pm:

Neutron stars have some serious gravity.

Neutron Stars actually exert a lot of gravity for objects as small as they are (about 10 kilometers in radius). In fact, if you stood on the surface of a neutron star you would feel about 200 Billion times more gravity than here on Earth (which would not be healthy)!

That's true.
not only that - they are spinning at enormous speed.

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Re: Neutron stars
Reply #12 - Dec 6^th, 2018 at 11:47am

Bobby. wrote on Nov 29^th, 2018 at 6:54pm:

Johnnie wrote on Nov 29^th, 2018 at 6:44pm:

Neutron stars have some serious gravity.

Neutron Stars actually exert a lot of gravity for objects as small as they are (about 10 kilometers in radius). In fact, if you stood on the surface of a neutron star you would feel about 200 Billion times more gravity than here on Earth (which would not be healthy)!

That's true.
not only that - they are spinning at enormous speed.

When the pulsars were first discovered they were thought to be alien, becuase the speed of the spin and the regularity was so strong that the scientists didnt think it could be a natural phenomenon

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In a time of universal deceit — telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

No evidence whatsoever it can be attributed to George Orwell or Eric Arthur Blair (in fact the same guy)

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Re: Neutron stars
Reply #13 - Dec 6^th, 2018 at 12:00pm

Bobby. wrote on Nov 29^th, 2018 at 6:54pm:

Johnnie wrote on Nov 29^th, 2018 at 6:44pm:

Neutron stars have some serious gravity.

Neutron Stars actually exert a lot of gravity for objects as small as they are (about 10 kilometers in radius). In fact, if you stood on the surface of a neutron star you would feel about 200 Billion times more gravity than here on Earth (which would not be healthy)!

That's true.
not only that - they are spinning at enormous speed.

Well that's what causes the gravity so can't have 1 without the other

Spot

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Re: Neutron stars
Reply #14 - Dec 6^th, 2018 at 12:52pm

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Dec 6^th, 2018 at 12:00pm:

Bobby. wrote on Nov 29^th, 2018 at 6:54pm:

Johnnie wrote on Nov 29^th, 2018 at 6:44pm:

Neutron stars have some serious gravity.

Neutron Stars actually exert a lot of gravity for objects as small as they are (about 10 kilometers in radius). In fact, if you stood on the surface of a neutron star you would feel about 200 Billion times more gravity than here on Earth (which would not be healthy)!

That's true.
not only that - they are spinning at enormous speed.

Well that's what causes the gravity so can't have 1 without the other

Spot

Mass causes gravity, nothing to do with spinning, an ant has gravity.

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Re: Neutron stars
Reply #15 - Dec 6^th, 2018 at 1:39pm

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Dec 6^th, 2018 at 12:00pm:

Bobby. wrote on Nov 29^th, 2018 at 6:54pm:

Johnnie wrote on Nov 29^th, 2018 at 6:44pm:

Neutron stars have some serious gravity.

Neutron Stars actually exert a lot of gravity for objects as small as they are (about 10 kilometers in radius). In fact, if you stood on the surface of a neutron star you would feel about 200 Billion times more gravity than here on Earth (which would not be healthy)!

That's true.
not only that - they are spinning at enormous speed.

Well that's what causes the gravity so can't have 1 without the other

Spot

The gravity is caused be the mass.
In the case of a neutron star -
more mass than our sun in a sphere
only 10 km in diameter.

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