Comments by "Max Strelets" (@maxstrelets263) on "Neutron Stars are More Bizarre Than You Think" video.

  1. If we reason reason sensibly, neutron stars have magnetic fields due to electric currents from charged particles inside them, similar to electromagnets. Although they are filled with neutrons, the presence of protons and electrons contributes to these magnetic fields. The enormous strength of these fields is still a subject of research, and theories such as "flux freezing" offer a partial explanation.
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  2. Speaking in real - you are highlighting a fascinating aspect of Einstein's general relativity, where gravity, influenced by mass warping spacetime, affects the passage of time. This phenomenon, known as gravitational time dilation, is most noticeable near massive objects like neutron stars. It does imply that at the atomic scale, or in regions with less significant gravitational fields, time dilation effects would be much subtler and harder to observe directly.
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  3. It is quite simple. Neutron stars are observed using X-ray and gamma-ray telescopes. These telescopes detect the high-energy radiation emitted by neutron stars, revealing their properties and behaviors through the analysis of their spectra.
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  4. I think it would take a whole team of CGI creation specialists to produce such an animation. Some of the animations from the video were produced by NASA over months and even years after the whole complex of pre-simulation process.
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  5. No, mate. It's called a bit simpler - a black hole)
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  6. how about a sprinkling of God's will? :D
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  7.  @RT-qd8yl  Weren't you talking about frame rate, rather than resolution?
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  8. Man, neutron stars collide when they're in binary systems or close enough to attract each other gravitationally, eventually spiraling in due to energy loss from emitting gravitational waves. The vast space between them might contain some matter, but as they near, their intense gravity dominates, possibly capturing or disrupting nearby debris. This process is slow on human timescales but inevitable over cosmic time.
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  9. Oh man, I have the same teacher type in my lectures, I wish he was bette that time, lol)
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  10. In science, theories are indeed built on observation and experimentation, but they also contain an element of speculation, as they attempt to explain the unknown based on the kinda known.
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  11. It is a potentially confusing terminology but also showcases the fascinating ways in which different disciplines adapt language to fit their understanding of the universe. Considering the metallicity of stars, we can say that it has nothing to do with the physical state of their material. It tells us that an element with a mass heavier than helium is present in a star, galaxy or other astronomical object.
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