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TeachMeFinance.com - explain neutron star neutron star The term 'neutron star' as it applies to the area of space can be defined as 'The imploded core of a massive star produced by a supernova explosion. (typical mass of 1.4 times the mass of the sun, radius of about 5 miles, density of a neutron.) According to astronomer and author Frank Shu, 'A sugarcube of neutron-star stuff on Earth would weigh as much as all of humanity! This illustrates again how much of humanity is empty space.' Neutron stars can be observed as pulsars'. About the author
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