Flaring Neutron Star

NASA's Swift X-Ray Telescope caught a neutron star sending out bursts of energy.

Known as SGR J1550-5418, the fast-spinning magnetar causes halos when X-ray flares bounce off nearby dust.

Credit: NASA/Swift/Jules Halpern (Columbia Univ.)

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[SNap15]

learn things

[DSGL]

Take a physics class.

[12TabulaRasa12]

that far and yet so bright!

[wengneuda13]

Pluto is not Dwarf and Planet it is Half Dwarf Planet Half Planet

[0001Virus1000]

Now we know...and knowing is half the battle.

[Jadefox32]

@MrDroopdog1 your missing the key word of that term "matter" and all matter exerts a gravitational force but dark matters is incredibly weak strong enough to hold the universe together but too weak to do much else. otherwise our satellites would be torn apart if dark matters collective gravity was so strong

[MrDroopdog1]

@Jadefox32 *cough cough* ever hear of dark matter? 70% of the universe is made of it and it's the only thing that keeps galaxys from falling apart and it actually has a STRONGER gravitational force than a black hole

[Jadefox32]

@MrDroopdog1 well then your implying something that repulses gravity or has a strong grasp of anti gravity or simulated gravity, and then your numbers need to be presiece because if something is off then not only will whatever technology you use to move it fail but the ships will be torn apart

[MrDroopdog1]

@Jadefox32 unless your a type 2 civilization

[Jadefox32]

@ChibiChan1988 you wouldn't be able to get a spaceship close enough to tow a neutron star that's how intense the gravity is the only thing that's more powerful gravitationally is a black hole

[bbphnix]

crappy resolution......

joking....

[chelseastsaubfan1]

15 people dont shine as bright as a star