Heavy Find: Weighty neutron stars may rule out exotic core

Neutron stars may be weird, but they’re not so strange, a new study reveals.

STELLAR ANATOMY. Existence of superheavy neutron stars sets limits on composition of their inner cores. J. Lattimer, M. Prakash

Crushed by gravity, matter at the cores of neutron stars—the collapsed remains of heavyweight stars—is subject to a combination of enormously high pressure and low temperature that can’t be attained in any laboratory.