Neutron Stars: Astro FOTD
Fun Fact: The mass of a neutron star is about 20% less than the mass of the neutrons and other nucleons that compose it.
The difference is gravitational binding energy.
Now my own suspicion is that the Universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we can suppose..............J.B.S. Haldane ............................................................................................................ Quantum Mechanics is not only stranger than you imagine, but stranger than you can imagine ............(a version attributed to Richard Feynman)
Fun Fact: The mass of a neutron star is about 20% less than the mass of the neutrons and other nucleons that compose it.
The difference is gravitational binding energy.
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