“More energy is needed to rise a millimetre above a neutron star's surface than to break completely free of Earth's gravity. A… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
“The core of a neutron star is so dense that a single spoonful of matter from it would weigh more than 500… — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
To achieve this density of a neutron star at home, just cram a herd of 50 million elephants into the volume of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“Further calculations showed that when collapsing stars are a little more massive than the Chandrasekhar limit, the pressure of the resulting neutrons-similar… — Charles Seife Copy Share Image
With all reserve we advance the view that a supernova represents the transition of an ordinary star into a neutron star consisting… — Fritz Zwicky Copy Share Image