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Neutron stars
Neutron stars are the remains of the cores of massive stars that have reached the end of their lives. There are 2 possible evolutionary endpoints of the massive stars, they can be either black holes or neutron stars.
Astronomers consider the mass of a neutron star to range from 1.4 to 2.9 solar masses.
A neutron star is the densest object astronomers can observe directly. It was discovered by Jocelyn Bell Burnell in 1967.
There are several types of neutron stars, including magnetars and pulsars. There are thought to be around one billion neutron stars in the Milky Way. Only 31 magnetars have ever been discovered and over 3000 pulsars have been discovered.
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