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Dead Star Circled by Light

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Spectacular new images from ESO’s VLT have helped identify a new, isolated neutron star, beyond our galaxy.

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The stellar corpse is 200 000 light years away...

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… and is surrounded by a ring of gas that is the remains of a 2000 year old supernova explosion.

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Neutron stars are usually only 10 kilometres in diameter but weigh more than the Sun!

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They are thought to be very common in the Universe but are very difficult to find.

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This discovery might lead to new ways of finding these exotic stellar remains.

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