What Are Neutron Stars?

When a dying star is too massive to leave behind a white dwarf and not massive enough to leave behind a black hole, you get a neutron star (sometimes a pulsar). It's a very compact clump of neutrons surrounded by a very strong magnetic field. These things are crazy!!
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VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS

What Are White Dwarf Stars?
https://youtu.be/QhONoxabmdo

Nuclear Fusion Explained:
https://youtu.be/LKUPAk5049M

Periodic Table Explained:
https://youtu.be/r40g-lurgHI

What Are Gravitational Waves?
https://youtu.be/HmiPDvz0WVU
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RELATED YOUTUBE VIDEOS

Kurz Gesagt on Neutron Stars:
https://youtu.be/ZW3aV7U-aik

Crash Course on Neutron Stars:
https://youtu.be/RrMvUL8HFlM

Socratica on Neutron Stars:
https://youtu.be/6-fbpMwK-eA
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OTHER SOURCES

https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0201117
https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/objects/neutron_stars1.html
http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/cosmos/P/Photodisintegration
https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Constants/
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LINKS TO COMMENTS

Cam Brown - Da-Warv:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhONoxabmdo&lc=z234j1xwspavxphuaacdp435t4o10knm0mbl4viajipw03c010c
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IMAGE CREDITS

LIGO:
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/image/ligo20150731c

Видео What Are Neutron Stars? канала The Science Asylum