This artist’s impression shows the magnetar in the very rich and young star cluster Westerlund 1. This remarkable cluster contains hundreds of very massive stars, some shining with a brilliance of almost one million suns. European astronomers have for the first time demonstrated that this magnetar — an unusual type of neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field — was formed from a star with at least 40 times as much mass as the Sun. The result presents great challenges to current theories of how stars evolve, as a star as massive as this was expected to become a black hole, not a magnetar.
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ESO/L. Calçada
1 posted on
08/18/2010 10:06:12 AM PDT by
decimon
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2 posted on
08/18/2010 10:07:08 AM PDT by
Mr. K
(Physically unable to proofreed (<---oops! see?))
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3 posted on
08/18/2010 10:07:38 AM PDT by
decimon
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Many Sagan pounds per cubic inch.
4 posted on
08/18/2010 10:08:48 AM PDT by
Dayman
To: decimon
This question is too easy. I’m going to check back often.
6 posted on
08/18/2010 10:09:50 AM PDT by
Sgt_Schultze
(A half-truth is a complete lie)
To: decimon
8 posted on
08/18/2010 10:12:08 AM PDT by
Berlin_Freeper
(Chump Obama promised "Change" and we got chump change.)
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10 posted on
08/18/2010 10:12:32 AM PDT by
Diogenesis
(Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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Something about Michelle’s size?
13 posted on
08/18/2010 10:17:37 AM PDT by
beethovenfan
(If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
To: decimon
See, this is already getting funny.
14 posted on
08/18/2010 10:20:40 AM PDT by
Sgt_Schultze
(A half-truth is a complete lie)
To: decimon
Deval Patrick is a huge Mass Hole.
15 posted on
08/18/2010 10:21:09 AM PDT by
dancusa
(Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. W. Churchill)
To: decimon
About how much mass, I am not sure, but we do have a Black Hole in the White House that I’m guessing weighs about 180 lbs.
16 posted on
08/18/2010 10:21:10 AM PDT by
Hoosier-Daddy
( "It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
To: decimon
2/3rds of the national debt.
18 posted on
08/18/2010 10:23:27 AM PDT by
TigersEye
(Greenhouse Theory is false. Totally debunked. "GH gases" is a non-sequitur.)
To: decimon
How Much Mass Makes a Black 'Hole?
'bout 250 lbs., I'd say.
To: SunkenCiv
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About the same amount of mass that you’ll find between the average liberal’s ears.
21 posted on
08/18/2010 10:30:53 AM PDT by
DPMD
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To: decimon
Maybe Dark matter acts as a catalyst in neutron stars for converting them into black holes by neutralizing the strong nuclear force or something.
27 posted on
08/18/2010 10:43:10 AM PDT by
GraceG
To: decimon
I love astronomy. You can make up whatever crap you want, and use it as factual support for your theories.
Like the argument that this magnetar was part of a binary system, and that they split in a violent escape from the cluster.
While it explains where the other half of the pair went, it doesn’t explain why the magnetar did not leave the cluster.
Then there is the assumption that Mass can be inferred from Size without taking density into consideration. Maybe the magnetar had a different density.
I also like the fact that while observations and deductions were based on visual information, this cluster is one of the hardest clusters to ‘visually’ see.
Plus,what makes anyone sure black holes even exist?
29 posted on
08/18/2010 10:53:11 AM PDT by
UCANSEE2
(The Last Boy Scout)
To: decimon
About a trillion dollars in deficit stimulus spending
34 posted on
08/18/2010 11:48:40 AM PDT by
Optimist
(I think I'm beginning to see a pattern here.)
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