We Just Discovered The Most Massive Neutron Star Ever

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[blackshadow]

I watch your videos every-night before I go to sleep! Keep up the great work!

[DodgyDaveGTX]

Anton: You wouldn't want to fall into a neutron star
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[steffengangel]

It's insane that we can even calculate the mass out of changeling Lightwaves, what insane kind of formula is that xD

[basicbeing]

Doctor: You have 10:01 to live.
Me: *watches this*

Also me: Hello wonderful Anton this is person.

[myaccount__]

Love seeing his face. Was so empty before with just voice!

[ethorii]

Gettin' my 10 minute, one second fix of galactic goodness!

[darkestkhan]

The partner... it may be causing the tides on the pulsar that prevent it from collapsing.

[chrisv]

Neutron stars have really intense gravity. They're basically visible black holes as their gravity isn't quite intense enough to have their event horizon exceed their diameter, but it's not too far off. I'd imagine once you go past the event horizon of a stellar mass black hole you'll probably see a really bright ball of matter in front of you, something that looks a lot like a neutron star.

[hurameshi]

we want the verified channel sign for this beautyful person

[chorba]

Best astronomy channel in Youtube. I'm learning a lot thanks to you! greetings from Argentina

[TheExoplanetsChannel]

Out of topic but, I watched Ad Astra today, and I highly recommend it!

[doop]

It's hard to even begin to imagine these forces.

[smc]

Ahh yes it never fails, the more we know the more we realize we don't know.. yet it's all out there like fruit for the picking just waiting.. Cheers friend!

[bezerkurae]

Neutron stars have always fascinated me. Especially what's inside.

[veterankamikaze]

I clicked for the "Hello Wonderful Person".

[Lord_Nemesis]

One of the best scientific channels ever Anton

[mrjava]

The escape velocity of a typical neutron star is about 1/3 to 1/2 c. You would collide from a free fall at only slightly relatavistic speeds.

[BoDiddly]

Thanks for this video!
Magnatars and Black Holes are my favorite things in the Universe :)

[samueljett]

0:28 neutron stars, pulsars, and magnetars are 3 different things, not different names for the same thing. Although the neutron star is the most massive we have found, it is not _that_ big. The general rule for a neutron star's upper mass limit is less than 3 amu.

[docholiday]

I might disagree sometimes but I always enjoy your videos Anton.

The minimum net mass required for a pulsar is 1.44 solar units.

The minimum net mass of a black/white hole is 2.88 solar units.