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00:00Ever wondered what happens when stars collapse?
00:03Let's dive into the realm of neutron stars.
00:06Neutron stars are the remnants of massive stars
00:09that have exploded in spectacular supernovae.
00:12These cosmic titans pack the mass of our Sun
00:15into a sphere just 20 kilometers across.
00:18To put it simply, they are the universe's most dense objects.
00:22But what makes them so fascinating?
00:24It's their sheer density and gravity.
00:27One sugar-cube-sized piece of neutron star material
00:30would weigh about a billion tons on Earth.
00:33Their magnetic fields are trillions of times stronger than Earth's,
00:36capable of twisting spacetime itself.
00:39And here's the kicker.
00:41These stars spin at incredible speeds,
00:44some rotating hundreds of times per second,
00:46creating pulses that beam radiation like cosmic lighthouses.
00:50So next time you gaze up at the night sky,
00:53remember, somewhere out there,
00:55a neutron star is blazing its incredible story.
00:58The universe is full of wonders,
01:01and neutron stars are among its most enigmatic.
01:03Keep looking up.