#Bestof2022: #Astronomy: "Most Massive Neutron Star" yet found and what it means. Ken Croswell, Science News Science News:
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🗓️ 22 September 2023
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Science News:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/heaviest-neutron-star-mass-sun-record-black-holes.
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| 0:35.1 | This is CBSI on the world, I'm John Bachelor. |
| 0:38.1 | Black holes, the mystery, of course, is the metaphor. |
| 0:42.1 | There's nothing that can escape, well, maybe a little bit of information. |
| 0:46.1 | But in any event, I picture it as something I can't see, |
| 0:50.1 | but is extremely important in our understanding of the universe. |
| 0:55.1 | And I welcome Ken Croswell, writing at Science News. |
| 0:58.1 | Ken is an astronomer, author of the Alchemy of the Heavens, |
| 1:02.1 | searching for meaning in the Milky Way, and also the lives of stars. |
| 1:06.1 | And we're now about to review the life of one particular star, |
| 1:10.1 | PSR J0952 Stroke 0607. |
| 1:16.1 | These are the exciting names that astronomers have for stars |
| 1:19.1 | that are changing our understanding of the universe. |
| 1:22.1 | Ken, a very good evening to you. |
| 1:24.1 | It's a fast-spending neutron star south of the constellation Leo. |
| 1:29.1 | What is striking about it? Why has it impressed your colleagues? |
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