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A 20 solar mass neutron star is discovered!
Sometimes you gotta just laugh at science journalists. This genius is
claiming that Cassiopeia A's supernova remnant is a neutron star of 20 Solar masses! You gotta wonder how it's able prevent itself from collapsing into a black hole without nuclear fusion? Other than that, the article is okay, describes a newly formed neutron star that still has an atmosphere of carbon on it. The carbon was created from left over fusion reactions in an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium on the surface of the neutron star even after it had gone supernova. CBC News - Technology & Science - Canadian physicist IDs young neutron star "Craig Heinke and his colleague Wynn Ho at the University of Southampton, U.K., say that the remnant of the supernova Cassiopeia A is a very young neutron star, 20 times heavier than the sun, but only 20 kilometres wide." http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2...tron-star.html Yousuf Khan |
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A 20 solar mass neutron star is discovered!
Yousuf Khan wrote:
Sometimes you gotta just laugh at science journalists. This genius is claiming that Cassiopeia A's supernova remnant is a neutron star of 20 Solar masses! You gotta wonder how it's able prevent itself from collapsing into a black hole without nuclear fusion? It is horse****, that's why. There is no possible way it is 20 solar masses. Other than that, the article is okay, describes a newly formed neutron star that still has an atmosphere of carbon on it. The carbon was created from left over fusion reactions in an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium on the surface of the neutron star even after it had gone supernova. CBC News - Technology & Science - Canadian physicist IDs young neutron star "Craig Heinke and his colleague Wynn Ho at the University of Southampton, U.K., say that the remnant of the supernova Cassiopeia A is a very young neutron star, 20 times heavier than the sun, but only 20 kilometres wide." http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2...berta-neutron- star.html Yousuf Khan |
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A 20 solar mass neutron star is discovered!
eric gisse wrote:
Yousuf Khan wrote: Sometimes you gotta just laugh at science journalists. This genius is claiming that Cassiopeia A's supernova remnant is a neutron star of 20 Solar masses! You gotta wonder how it's able prevent itself from collapsing into a black hole without nuclear fusion? It is horse****, that's why. There is no possible way it is 20 solar masses. I think he just got confused with the mass of the progenitor star. Yousuf Khan |
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A 20 solar mass neutron star is discovered!
Yousuf Khan wrote:
Sometimes you gotta just laugh at science journalists. This genius is claiming that Cassiopeia A's supernova remnant is a neutron star of 20 Solar masses! You gotta wonder how it's able prevent itself from collapsing into a black hole without nuclear fusion? Other than that, the article is okay, describes a newly formed neutron star that still has an atmosphere of carbon on it. The carbon was created from left over fusion reactions in an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium on the surface of the neutron star even after it had gone supernova. CBC News - Technology & Science - Canadian physicist IDs young neutron star "Craig Heinke and his colleague Wynn Ho at the University of Southampton, U.K., say that the remnant of the supernova Cassiopeia A is a very young neutron star, 20 times heavier than the sun, but only 20 kilometres wide." http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2...tron-star.html Yousuf Khan One of the most massive observed neutron stars is 1.74 solar-mass pulsar PSR J1903+0327. 20 solar masses attributed to any neutron star under any circumstances isn't even wrong. -- Uncle Al http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/ (Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals) http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz4.htm |
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A 20 solar mass neutron star is discovered!
On Nov 6, 2:49*pm, Uncle Al wrote:
One of the most massive observed neutron stars is 1.74 solar-mass pulsar PSR J1903+0327. *20 solar masses attributed to any neutron star under any circumstances isn't even wrong. Within the context of Discrete Scale Relativity, the upper limit for Stellar Scale black holes or neutron stars [which are the former in low to very highly excited states] is roughly 30 solar masses. Nature and empirical evidence trumps theoretical assumptions. Every time. RLO www.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw |
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A 20 solar mass neutron star is discovered!
Knecht wrote:
On Nov 6, 2:49 pm, Uncle Al wrote: One of the most massive observed neutron stars is 1.74 solar-mass pulsar PSR J1903+0327. 20 solar masses attributed to any neutron star under any circumstances isn't even wrong. Within the context of Discrete Scale Relativity, the upper limit for Stellar Scale black holes or neutron stars [which are the former in low to very highly excited states] is roughly 30 solar masses. idiot -- Uncle Al http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/ (Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals) http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz4.htm |
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A 20 solar mass neutron star is discovered!
Knecht wrote:
On Nov 6, 2:49 pm, Uncle Al wrote: One of the most massive observed neutron stars is 1.74 solar-mass pulsar PSR J1903+0327. 20 solar masses attributed to any neutron star under any circumstances isn't even wrong. Within the context of Discrete Scale Relativity, the upper limit for Stellar Scale black holes or neutron stars [which are the former in low to very highly excited states] is roughly 30 solar masses. Nature and empirical evidence trumps theoretical assumptions. Every time. RLO www.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw Now we wait for the furious backpedal once the misreporting error is revealed. |
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A 20 solar mass neutron star is discovered!
On Nov 7, 5:31*pm, Uncle Al wrote:
idiot Not a very scientific response, and certainly not a scientific argument. RLO www.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw |
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A 20 solar mass neutron star is discovered!
On Nov 7, 6:55*pm, eric gisse wrote:
Knecht wrote: Within the context of Discrete Scale Relativity, the upper limit for Stellar Scale black holes or neutron stars [which are the former in low to very highly excited states] is roughly 30 solar masses. Nature and empirical evidence trumps theoretical assumptions. Every time. Now we wait for the furious backpedal once the misreporting error is revealed.- Hide quoted text - NOTE: A crucial characteristic of definitive predictions is that they cannot be "adjusted". If DSR is right, then 20 solar mass neutron stars must exist. If the latter do not exist, then DSR is wrong. ALSO NOTE: The highest mass black hole so far observed has a mass of about 30 solar masses. This is called doing real science, as opposed to untestable post- modern landscaping. Are we clear on that point, Mr. Gisse? RO www.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw |
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A 20 solar mass neutron star is discovered!
Knecht wrote:
On Nov 7, 5:31 pm, Uncle Al wrote: idiot Not a very scientific response, and certainly not a scientific argument. RLO www.amherst.edu/~rloldershaw I am intolerant of stupidity and those who are proud of it. Ignorance is not a form of knowing things. -- Uncle Al http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/ (Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals) http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz4.htm |
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