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Old 29-April-2005, 03:17 PM
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Default Re: Smallest structure ever detected outside solar system

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The star is called Geminga. It is a burnt out shell known as a neutron star, the result of a massive star erupting long ago in a supernova explosion.
I think the word "shell" is very unfortunate here. When people hear "burnt out shell" they imagine something hollow and thin. Exact opposite of neutron star. "Slagged core" may have been a better metaphor.
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