Posted on 09/17/2019 5:17:49 AM PDT by zeestephen
Astronomers have discovered the most massive neutron star to date, a rapidly spinning pulsar approximately 4,600 light-years from Earth. This record-breaking object is teetering on the edge of existence, approaching the theoretical maximum mass possible for a neutron star.
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just don't cross the streams.
Because crossing the streams is bad.
...approximately 4,600 light-years from Earth.
So what was happening on earth when what were seeing now left the star?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_century_BC
c. 2900 BC – 2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period continue.
c. 2600 BC: The Indus Valley Civilisation rises to become a powerful civilization.
c. 2600 BC: Pre-Palace Period, phase I, in Crete[1]
c. 2600 BC – 2500 BC: Wild horses still provide hunting feasts in Denmark. (Clutton-Brock)
c. 2600 BC – 1900 BC: Large water tank, possibly a public or ritual bathing area, Mohenjo-daro, Indus Valley Civilisation, is made.
c. 2589 BC: Pharaoh Khufu starts to rule (other date is 2601 BC).
c. 2578 BC: Khufu dies.
c. 2575 BC: Old Kingdom of Egypt; Fourth Dynasty of Egypt; Sneferu is Pharaoh.[2]
c. 2570 BC: Khafra started to rule in Ancient Egypt.
c. 2566 BC: Pharaoh Khufu dies (other date is 2578 BC).
c. 2558 BC: Pharaoh Khafra starts to rule (other date is 2570 BC).
c. 2551 BC: Estimated date of completion of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
c. 2550 BC: Egyptian rulers contact Western Desert oases, such as Dakhla Oasis.
c. 2550 BC: About this time, Mesannepada is king of Ur (followed by his son, A-annepadda) who founds the First Dynasty of Ur and overthrows the last king of Uruk, as well as Mesilim of Kish.[3]
c. 2550 BC – 2400 BC: Great Lyre with bull’s head, from the tomb of King Meskalamdug, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) is made. It is now kept at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia.
c. 2544 BC: Pharaoh Khafra dies.
c. 2533 BC: Pharaoh Menkaure starts to rule.
c. 2532 BC: Pharaoh Khafra dies (other date is 2544 BC).
c. 2532 BC: Pharaoh Menkaure starts to rule (other date is 2533 BC).
c. 2515 BC: Menkaure died.
c. 2510 BC – 2460 BC: Ti watching a hippopotamus hunt, tomb of Ti, Saqqara, Fifth Dynasty of Egypt, is made. Discovered by French archaeologist Auguste Mariette in 1865.
c. 2503 BC: Pharaoh Menkaure dies (other date is 2515 BC).
c. 2500 BC: The legendary line of Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of China is founded by the Yellow Emperor.
c. 2500 BC: the construction of the stone circle at Stonehenge begins and continues for the next five hundred years.
c. 2500 BC: “Menkaure and a Queen, perhaps his wife, Queen Khamerernebty II” sculpture, later found at Giza. Fourth Dynasty of Egypt. It is now at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
Almost to large to exist. That’s just stupid. What’s the headlines going to be when they find a larger one? And a larger on after that?
4,600 light years away? Not all that far really.
‘’Teetering on the edge of existence’’? All we need now is a big enough puddy cat to come along and push it off the edge.
If they do then there’s something missing in thermonuclear physics regarding neutrons. Which would be exciting!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron_star
Throw some more stuff at it and it will collapse into a singularity, ie. a black hole. Neutronium is dense stuff, densest matter there is but gravity will collapse it to a point when it collects more stuff. A cubic centimeter if my math is right is 440,924,524 tons. That would make a hell of a paper weight.
ps. Neutronium is largely theoretical has an atomic number of 0 and is a noble gas.
This lacks the really serious descriptor, what is the chosen gender?
If it decided to im/explode 4,599 years ago, next year will be quite interesting for reasons other than mere elections.
In cosmic terms, 4600 light years ain’t much. But in real terms, it is a distance no human will ever travel.
That puny individual might weigh a couple tons on that star but might be lucky to be 1/8 inch tall.
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Oh it is indeed. I’m just saying in terms of cosmic travel that’s not all that far.
Great post!
is it because of global warming?
Astronomical!
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