Neutron Stars: Cosmic Cannibals

Neutron stars are the universe's most violent recycling program, and what they create

will haunt you. When a massive star explodes, its core collapses into something smaller

than Manhattan but weighing more than our sun. The pressure is so extreme that

protons and electrons are crushed together, forming pure neutrons. But here's what keeps me up at night.

These stellar corpses spin up to 700 times per second, generating magnetic fields a trillion

times stronger than Earth's. And they're not just spinning. They're feeding.

When a neutron star has a companion, it literally tears that star apart, stealing its matter

in a cosmic act of cannibalism. The stolen material spirals inward, heating to millions