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• Neutron stars in fiction — The idea of a superdense star composed of neutrons was proposed in 1934. The discovery of pulsars in 1967 popularised the concept.Uses in fiction* Larry Niven may have been first with his short story Neutron Star, which appeared in October 1966.… …   Wikipedia

• Timeline of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and supernovae — Timeline of white dwarfs, neutron stars, and supernovaeNote that this list is mainly about the development of knowledge, but also about some supernovae taking place. For a separate list of the latter, see the section Notable supernovae in the… …   Wikipedia

• The Magnificent Seven (neutron stars) — A group of close by (200 500 pc) isolated young cooling neutron stars (see a review in [http://arxiv.org/abs/0801.1143 arXiv:0801.1143] ).The term was initially proposed in [http://arxiv.org/abs/astro ph/0011564 astro ph/0011564] for the… …   Wikipedia

• Neutron star — redirects here. For the story by Larry Niven, see Neutron Star (short story). Neutron stars crush half a million times more mass than Earth into a sphere no larger than Manhattan. A neutron star is a type of stellar remnant that can result from… …   Wikipedia

• Neutron Star (short story) — Neutron Star is an English language science fiction short story written by Larry Niven. It was originally published in the August 1966 issue (Issue 107, Vol 16, No 10) of Worlds of If. It was later reprinted in Neutron Star, (New York: Ballantine …   Wikipedia

• Neutron star spin-up — is the name given to the increase in rotational speed over time first noted in Cen X 3 and Her X 1 but now observed in other X ray pulsars. In the case of Cen X 3, the pulse period is decreasing at the rate of (defined as ) is 3.4*10^3 years. The …   Wikipedia

• Neutron Tide — Author Arthur C. Clarke Country United Kingdom Language English Genre(s) Science fiction …   Wikipedia

• neutron star — neutron stars N COUNT A neutron star is a star that has collapsed under the weight of its own gravity …   English dictionary

• neutron star — ☆ neutron star n. a collapsed star of extremely high density composed almost entirely of neutrons: pulsars are generally thought to be rotating neutron stars …   English World dictionary

• Neutron-star oscillation — Asteroseismology studies the internal structure of our Sun and other stars using oscillations. These can be studied by interpreting the temporal frequency spectrum acquired through observations[1]. In the same way, the more extreme neutron stars… …   Wikipedia

• Neutron-star oscillations — Asteroseismology studies the internal structure of our Sun and other stars using oscillations. These can be studied by interpreting the temporal frequency spectrum acquired through observations [cite journal|… …   Wikipedia