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Invisible supermassive neutron star discovery challenges cosmic understanding

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Astronomers have identified an unusual object in space, likely an ultra-rare supermassive neutron star, that challenges current models of stellar evolution. This object, located in the J0008+0128 system, has a mass up to 2.8 times that of the Sun and an unusually wide orbit, placing it within the theoretical "mass gap" between neutron stars and black holes. Its existence and orbital properties are so perplexing that researchers could not replicate them through thousands of simulations, suggesting a need to refine our understanding of the equation of state for matter at extreme densities. AI

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Invisible supermassive neutron star discovery challenges cosmic understanding

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  1. 404 Media TIER_1 English(EN) · Becky Ferreira ·

    Scientists Discovered An ‘Invisible’ Object In Space. It’s Challenging Our Understanding of the Cosmos

    It's likely an ultra-rare supermassive neutron star.

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