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DTU researchers reveal record-fast-spinning neutron star in the Milky Way
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Thursday, 31 October 2024
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In a remarkable discovery, researchers from DTU Space have identified one of the universe's fastest-spinning neutron stars using an X-ray telescope stationed on the International Space Station (ISS). This small yet massive object, part of an "X-ray binary star system" called 4U 1820-30, lies in the Sagittarius constellation near the center of the Milky Way. "We were studying thermonuclear
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Thursday, 31 October 2024
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Oct 31, 2024