Neutron Stars

NEAR EARTH
The Moon
Hubble Telescope
Meteors
THE SOLAR SYSTEM
The Sun
Mercury
Venus
Mars
   Deimos
   Phobos
Jupiter
   Europa
   Io
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
ASTEROIDS:
Eros
Gaspra
Vestra
COMETS:
Hale-Bopp
Halley
Hyakutake
West




A neutron star is the imploded core of a massive star, produced by a supernova explosion. Its typical mass is 1.4 times the mass of the Sun, with a radius of about 5 miles, and the density of a neutron. A sugar cube of neutron-star stuff on Earth would weigh as much as all of humanity!

STARS
A Star is Born
Death of a Star
Supergiants
Neutron Stars
Pulsars
A Planet Beyond
NEBULAE
A Nebula
Nebula 2366
Nebula 604
GALAXIES
Center of Our Galaxy
Dust Lanes
Andromeda (M31)
M 100
M 51
M 83
Irregular Galaxy
THE UNUSUAL
Gravitational Lens
Black Hole Galaxy
Clusters of Galaxies
Colliding Galaxies
Quasars
Supernova Remnant
Black Hole
Navigate Our Galaxy
The Virtual Telescope

For more detailed information, visit our site 'We Are Not Alone'
You might also like to visit our sister site, The Virtual Microscope


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