Go here to read about a unique opportunity to measure the mass of a neutron star, and hopefully learn most about the state of matter in these incredible dense balls. For more information on this topic, listen to this interview with Tod Strohmayer of NASA, who works on RXTE - the satellite that discovered this system.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Measuring the mass of a neutron star
Posted by You'd Prefer an Astronaut at 9:00 AM
Labels: neutron stars, x-ray astronomy
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