{"id":60456,"date":"2024-06-21T14:19:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/d22ddecf-e0be-4cb8-8350-555ace3cf277"},"modified":"2024-06-21T14:39:42","modified_gmt":"2024-06-21T14:39:42","slug":"spinning-pulsar-stars-may-contain-ultra-dense-matter-thats-not-found-anywhere-else-in-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcskyatnight\/rss_feed\/spinning-pulsar-stars-may-contain-ultra-dense-matter-thats-not-found-anywhere-else-in-the-universe\/","title":{"rendered":"Spinning pulsar stars may contain ultra-dense matter that’s not found anywhere else in the Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Iain Todd\n <\/p>

Published: Friday, 21 June 2024 at 14:19 PM<\/p>

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Astronomers studying types of spinning neutron stars known as pulsars have discovered that their interiors may contain a kind of ultra-dense matter not found anywhere else in the Universe.<\/p>

The study looked at the remnants of a stellar explosion, known as supernova remnant 3C 58, and the pulsar<\/a> lurking within it.<\/p>

Astronomers examined pulsar PSR J0205+6449 at the supernova remnant’s centre, and other pulsars like it, using the Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA\u2019s XMM-Newton telescope.<\/p>