written by mindy weisberger, on january 4th, 2022
what: a star that expels material with forces stronger than 1 billion suns
when: study published december 22nd, 2021
who/where: study lead author alberto j. castro-tirado, a research professor with the institute for astrophysics of andalucía at the spanish research council
victor reglero, director of uv’s image processing laboratory
interesting fact: if a marshmallow were to hit a neutron star, it would hit with the force of 1,000 hydrogen bombs, because of the gravitational pull that neutron stars have.
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