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Neutron Star
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WARNING, NAVIGATIONAL HAZARD!
A Neutron Star is a stellar remnant, a super-compressed object left over when stars with a mass between 1.4 and about 3 times the mass of a medium class star exhaust their nuclear fuel and collapse inwards. The result is a condensed sphere of matter about 20 km (12 miles) across, with a gravitational field approximately 2 x 10^11 times stronger than that of a normal terrestrial planet.
- The density of a Neutron Star is so great that the protons and electrons making up the atoms fuse to form electrically neutral neutrons, the primary particles making up the neutron star. Because they are electrically neutral, such particles can be packed very closely together, resulting in a celestial object with similar density to that of the atomic nucleus.
- Several Neutron Stars are known to exist in Sirius, with one located in Puerto Rico, an X-ray Pulsar located in Tau-65, one at the center of Omega-41 and one recently created during the Omega-58 Incident. Civilian vessels not equipped for deep space exploration are advised to use strong caution, as Neutron Stars are extremely radioactive, and can cause severe damage to spacecraft or even kill their occupants.
- Getting close to a Neutron Star is extremely dangerous, as the powerful magnetic field and gravity well can rip even the toughest ships apart.
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The most commonly seen Neutron Star, located in Omega-41
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