Studying the speed of sound has revealed that heavy neutron stars have a hard mantle and a soft core, while light neutron stars have a soft mantle and a hard core – much like different chocolate pralines. Credit: Peter Kiefer and Luciano Rezzolla Physicists are modeling more than a million equations of state to uncover …
Neutron stars, among the densest objects in the universe, are still a mystery to physicists. But a new theoretical analysis could explain the internal structures of these super dense celestial bodies. A neutron star is the collapsed core of a supergiant star (10 to 25 times larger than our Sun) that has run out of …
Studying the speed of sound revealed that heavy neutron stars have a hard mantle and a soft core, while light neutron stars have a soft mantle and a hard core, much like different chocolate pralines. Credit: Peter Kiefer and Luciano Rezzolla So far, little is known about the interiors of neutron stars, those extremely compact …
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Studying the speed of sound revealed that heavy neutron stars have a hard mantle and a soft core, while light neutron stars have a soft mantle and a hard core, much like different chocolate pralines. Credit: Peter Kiefer and Luciano Rezzolla So far, little is known about the interiors of neutron stars, those extremely compact …
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