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How Big Is a Neutron Star Compared to New York?

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NASA Goddard Space Flight Center has created this image to illustrate the size of a neutron star, the “crushed core of a star that has exploded as a supernova” and packs half a million times the mass of Earth.

Look at its ridiculous size. A neutron star is smaller than Brooklyn! [NASA]

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