neutron star
noun
: a dense celestial object that consists primarily of closely packed neutrons and that results from the collapse of a much larger stellar body
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Learning about these highly energized neutrinos could lead to discoveries about where in the universe they might have been created, such as black holes and neutron star collisions — the latter of which are the most powerful classes of explosions in the cosmos.
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Skiathas and colleagues took a different approach, looking in more depth at what happens prior to the neutron stars meeting.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
The culprit was a magnetar, a super-magnetized neutron star located about 50,000 light-years away.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
Dark matter, dark energy, neutron stars, and gravitational waves could all come into better focus if observed from the moon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2026
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
Skiathas and colleagues took a different approach, looking in more depth at what happens prior to the neutron stars meeting.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
The culprit was a magnetar, a super-magnetized neutron star located about 50,000 light-years away.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2026
Dark matter, dark energy, neutron stars, and gravitational waves could all come into better focus if observed from the moon.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Neutron star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neutron%20star. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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