Name: Scientists Discover the Most Massive Neutron Star Ever
Uploaded: 9/16/2019 5:28:01 PM
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Description: Researchers say the neutron star is almost too massive to exist, coming in at 2.17 times the mass of the sun packed into a sphere only about 15 miles across.

Scientists Discover the Most Massive Neutron Star Ever

Researchers say the neutron star is almost too massive to exist, coming in at 2.17 times the mass of the sun packed into a sphere only about 15 miles across.

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NASA Mission to Test if Lunar Gateway's Unique Orbit is Stable

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Ohio senators propose renaming NASA site for Neil Armstrong

Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman introduced legislation to rename NASA Plum Brook Station in Sandusky

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This Vulture Feeds Almost Exclusively on Bones

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Lawmakers ask 4 big tech companies for documents in probe

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MIT Engineers Create 'Blackest Black' Material To Date

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Watch a Lobster Reap the Rewards of Cannibalistic 'Squid Storm'

NOAA's Deep Discoverer captured the feeding frenzy of a bunch of shortfin squid, who are such 'enthusiastic' eaters, they sometimes eat each other! This makes for an ideal situation for lobsters on the ocean floor below.

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Rare Madagascar Dugong Is In Big Trouble

Madagascar's rare dugong is facing extinction. A Nelson Mandela University study found some of the highest-risk dugongs are so genetically unique that losing them would be like losing a species of elephant.

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60 Years Ago the First Spacecraft Landed on the Moon

Before Neil Armstrong ever stepped on the moon, the Soviet Union's Luna 2 spacecraft made giant leaps for humankind, in spectacular fashion. There was no technology for soft landings yet, so it deliberately crashed into the surface.

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Hubble Delivers Stunning New Image of Saturn's Rings

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Jupiter's Fiery Moon May Not Have an Underground Magma Ocean

Io is the most volcanically active object in our solar system, but it may not have an underground magma ocean as previously thought. A University of Cologne-led study looked at past data from NASA's Galileo's spacecraft and found a potentially new explanation for Io's magnetic field variations.

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A Second Interstellar Object May Be Flying Toward Earth

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What's "In the Sky" for September 2019

Look up! It's "In the Sky" with Jay Reynolds (@reynoldsastro) from Cleveland State and Gale Franko from the Cuyahoga Astronomical Association (@CuyAstro) with what you'll see this month in the heavens above! #3weather

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Monarch butterflies joined by other species in migratory trip through Northeast Ohio to Mexico

Birds and dragonflies are also crossing Lake Erie on their way south for the Winter

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Monarch butterflies joined by other species in migratory trip through Northeast Ohio to Mexico

Birds and dragonflies are also crossing Lake Erie on their way south for the Winter. Cleveland Metroparks has several events planned for the migration this weekend, including Monarch hikes Friday and Saturday.

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