NEUTRON STAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neutron star mean? 

• NEUTRON STAR (noun)
  The noun NEUTRON STAR has 1 sense:

1. a star that has collapsed under its own gravity; it is composed of neutrons

  Familiarity information: NEUTRON STAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUTRON STAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A star that has collapsed under its own gravity; it is composed of neutrons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("neutron star" is a kind of...):

star ((astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neutron star"):

pulsar (a degenerate neutron star; small and extremely dense; rotates very fast and emits regular pulses of polarized radiation)

 Context examples 

This is the first neutron star in which an extended signal has been seen only in infrared light.

(Hubble Uncovers Never-Before-Seen Features Around a Neutron Star, NASA)

The source of ULX-4 could be a neutron star.

(NASA Satellite Spots a Mystery That's Gone in a Flash, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Scientists are only now starting to better understand neutron star mergers and kilonovae.

(First identification of a heavy element born from neutron star collision, ESO)

Most likely, the ULXs are binary systems where a neutron star or black hole is pulling matter away from a companion star that is much more massive than the Sun.

(Chandra Samples Galactic Goulash, NASA)

That indicates ejected material flung outward in one direction, while the compact core of the supernova, called a neutron star, seems to have kicked off in the opposite direction.

(Star Explosion is Lopsided, NASA)

This is because the neutron star’s intense magnetic field pulls the particles from the pulsar’s surface and accelerates them to nearly the speed of light.

(NASA’s Fermi Mission Links Nearby Pulsar’s Gamma-ray ‘Halo’ to Antimatter Puzzle, NASA)

This would allow the neutron star to continue accreting material while still generating high levels of brightness.

(NuSTAR Helps Find Universe's Brightest Pulsars, NASA)

When a massive star dies, it explodes as a supernova and leaves behind either a black hole or an incredibly dense object called a neutron star.

(Mysterious Blast Studied with NASA Telescopes, NASA)

But no energetic source or remnant of a deceased O-type star, such as a neutron star, is apparent within the center of this ring.

(Herschel sees budding stars and a giant, strange ring, NASA)

Once p1’s location was known, the team used existing X-ray observations of this target from the Chandra X-ray Observatory to determine that it must be an isolated neutron star, with a low magnetic field.

(Dead Star Circled by Light, ESO)