Neutron Stars

Neutron stars are incredibly dense, with masses greater than the Sun packed into a sphere only about 12 miles in diameter. They have intense magnetic fields and can spin rapidly, emitting periodic pulses of radiation, hence their classification as pulsars. Neutron stars are also believed to contain the densest form of matter in the universe, composed primarily of neutrons.

I don't think a think like a "proton star" exists. At least, it is not something of common knowledge for astronomers.

A neutron star, or pulsar, is an extremely dense star - imagine a star the mass of our Sun, compressed to a diameter of 20-30 km., due to its own gravity. A teaspoonfull of this matter has a mass of millions of tons.

Thunderstorms and neutron stars are both associated with extreme electromagnetic phenomena. Thunderstorms involve the buildup and discharge of electrical energy in the atmosphere, leading to lightning and thunder. Neutron stars, on the other hand, are extremely dense stellar remnants formed from the collapsed cores of massive stars, where electrons and protons merge to form neutrons. Both phenomena involve the interaction of charged particles and magnetic fields, albeit on vastly different scales.

Yes, a Neutron star is very dense and extremely heavy; however, a Blackhole isn't something that can be measured in any normal way. The nature of a Blackhole indicates it absorbs all energy and matter and in that regard it has no weight, at least not in the traditional sense.

No. A neutron star is quite small, generally only a few miles across. A nebula is light years across.

The neutron star's density varies from below 1×109 kg/m3 in the crust increasing with depth to above 6×1017 or 8×1017 kg/m3 deeper insideThis density is approximately equivalent to the mass of the entire human population compressed into the size of a sugar cube.

It won't turn direclty into a black dwarf. Some stars will turn into a white dwarf; when the white dwarf cools down (it no longer produces energy), it will become a black dwarf. It is not likely that there are black dwarves yet, since the Universe isn't old enough; this is an expected future stage in the development of some stars.

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Some neutron stars that emit pulses of radiation are known as pulsars. Pulsars rotate rapidly and emit beams of electromagnetic radiation from their magnetic poles, which are observed as regular pulses when they sweep across the Earth.

Neutron stars are able to produce pulses of radiation because they are rotating, and only a certain place on the neutron star releases the radiation(just like how light comes out of a flashlight). As the neutron star rotates, the point on the neutron star also moves along. When it points toward the Earth, we see the pulse.

The connection between pulsars and neutron stars is explained by the generally accepted model that pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars that emit beams of radiation from their magnetic poles, causing periodic signals to be observed when the beams cross our line of sight. This emission of radiation is what gives rise to the pulsed nature of pulsar signals.

Neutron stars are the remnants of massive stars that have gone supernova. While they are no longer actively undergoing nuclear fusion like main sequence stars, they are not truly "dead" as they continue to emit radiation and have incredibly strong gravitational fields.

A neutron star is made predominantly of neutrons, as its name suggests. These neutrons are densely packed together due to the intense gravitational forces present, creating a compact stellar remnant with a very high density. In addition to neutrons, a neutron star also contains protons, electrons, and other subatomic particles.

Neutron stars are expected to have strong magnetic fields because they are formed from the collapsed cores of massive stars, which inherently had strong magnetic fields. As the core collapses, conservation of magnetic flux leads to an intense magnetic field in the neutron star. Additionally, the rapid rotation of neutron stars can amplify their magnetic fields through processes like dynamo action.

Mostly neutron stars are detected with radio telescopes. Some can actually be seen with optical telescopes, and these are all optical pulsars.

Neutron stars were discovered because they are radio sources. The first star known to be a neutron star was the Crab Nebula neutron star, or Crab Pulsar, which was discovered to be a neutron star because of its radio emissions in 1965. Its apparent magnitude is 16.5. This puts it beyond the abilities of most amateur telescopes.

There is an upper limit to the mass of neutron stars because if the neutron star is too massive, neutrons would be crushed by the gravity of the neutron star, and the neutron star would collapse into a black hole.

No, the sun will not become a neutron star. Neutron stars form from the remnants of massive stars that have undergone a supernova explosion. The sun is not massive enough to undergo this process and will instead evolve into a white dwarf.

Neutron stars are not typically found on the H-R diagram because they are remnants of massive stars that have undergone supernova explosions. However, their progenitor stars could be located on the diagram based on their luminosity and temperature.

Yes, a Red Giant star is typically much larger than a neutron star. Red Giants are evolved massive stars that have expanded and cooled, while neutron stars are extremely dense remnants of supernova explosions that are only about 10-20 kilometers in diameter.

Approximately 1.4 times the mass of the sun, known as the Chandrasekhar limit, is required for a star to become a neutron star. If a star has a mass greater than this limit, it will likely undergo a supernova explosion and collapse into a neutron star.

Well he/she would never be able to get there in the first place.

Just saying. If you could, within a trillionth of a second, your head would be smashed into your feet at about 4.3 million miles an hour. Instant pizza.

The black hole with a mass of 3 solar masses has the largest radius among the objects listed. This is because the radius of a black hole is determined by its mass and the Schwarzschild radius formula, which dictates that the radius of a black hole increases with its mass.

The gravitational force that a black hole has on another object depends on the following:

1. The mass of the black hole

2. The mass of the object

3. The distance between the centres of the black hole and the object (r)

Using Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation, this force can be calculated using the following equation:

F=G*[(m1*m2)/(r2)]

where:

F = force

G = universal gravitational constant = 6.674

Yes, according to the General Theory of Relativity. In the case of a black hole, the warping is so extreme that the only path any object can take - whatever its speed - is further towards the singularity.

The true statement is: "A pulsar requires that a neutron star rotates rapidly." Pulsars are rapidly rotating neutron stars with strong magnetic fields, which emit beams of electromagnetic radiation along their magnetic poles, leading to their characteristic pulsed signals as they rotate. The other conditions mentioned are not essential for a neutron star to become a pulsar.

No. Assuming you could get that close without either being pulled in or killed by the huge amount of radiation, a single sugar granule-sized piece would weigh around 1011 kilograms and would be virtually impossible to remove from the surface.