NuStar a special space telescope has found the brightest pulsar ever found:
Now a pulsar is a rotating neutron star. A neutron star is the remnant of a supernova. When a large star explodes into a supernova the core collapses into a very dense neutron star. A neutron star is only about 12 miles in diameter. But it has the a mass that is several times the mass of our sun.
Think of how heavy a thimble full of this material would be. It would be like compressing a 747 down into a grain of sand. So a thimble full of this material would weigh as much as thousands of 747's.
How does it get so dense ? Well after the star explodes into a supernova, gravity is then the run away force in the core of the star. The nuclear reaction has stopped that causes an outward force to oppose gravity. So gravity crushes the star down into this tiny neutron star that is only 12 miles in diameter.
When this takes place, the force of gravity becomes so strong that it pushes the electrons into the nucleus of the atoms. This causes the protons in the nucleus to become neutrons. A neutron is simply a proton and a electron combined. So the whole star then is made up of neutrons; therefore the name, NEUTRON STAR.
This shows how dense the nucleus of an atom is. For the neutron star is simply made up of the nucleus of atoms with no electrons orbiting around it.
This new neutron star that was just discovered is putting out as much energy as 10 MILLION OF OUR SUNS. This all from an object 12 miles in diameter.
It is hard for me to believe men that consider themselves rational, believe that this universe was a random event.
Lou Newton
Remember NuSTAR, the specialized space telescope NASA designed specifically to study black holes? It just found something much, much brighter. Astronomers at NASA have stumbled upon what appears to be the most luminous pulsar ever discovered, but they almost mistook it for a black hole. After measuring the dead star's output, they found it was outputting as much energy as 10 million suns -- shockingly powerful, considering how much smaller it is than our own star. Astronomers aren't sure why the pulsar is so bright, but will continue to study in hopes of learning how common or uncommon this kind of pulsar is. The discovery kind of shakes up what theorist knew about black holes and ultraluminous x-rays, underlining how little we really know about the universe out there. Check out NASA's gallery of images at the source link below.
Think of how heavy a thimble full of this material would be. It would be like compressing a 747 down into a grain of sand. So a thimble full of this material would weigh as much as thousands of 747's.
How does it get so dense ? Well after the star explodes into a supernova, gravity is then the run away force in the core of the star. The nuclear reaction has stopped that causes an outward force to oppose gravity. So gravity crushes the star down into this tiny neutron star that is only 12 miles in diameter.
When this takes place, the force of gravity becomes so strong that it pushes the electrons into the nucleus of the atoms. This causes the protons in the nucleus to become neutrons. A neutron is simply a proton and a electron combined. So the whole star then is made up of neutrons; therefore the name, NEUTRON STAR.
This shows how dense the nucleus of an atom is. For the neutron star is simply made up of the nucleus of atoms with no electrons orbiting around it.
This new neutron star that was just discovered is putting out as much energy as 10 MILLION OF OUR SUNS. This all from an object 12 miles in diameter.
It is hard for me to believe men that consider themselves rational, believe that this universe was a random event.
Lou Newton
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