SEA: Space Exploration & Astronomy

The Insane Science of Neutron Stars

June 28, 2026·39 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

In the late 1960s, a series of anomalous, repeating radio sources began cropping up all over the Milky Way galaxy, and though initially speculated to be messages from aliens, we soon learned that they are Pulsars, a rapidly rotating neutron star emitting high volumes of radiation. In this video, we will revisit these extreme, dense objects, as the final gateway faced by matter before it collapses into a black hole. This is the insane science of neutron stars. SOUNDTRACK: - Jokulls Loom (Storyblocks)- Be Here Now (Storyblocks)- Serenity (Storyblocks)- Falling Through a Dream (Storyblocks)- Sleep for Wellness (Storyblocks)- Peaceful Background Pad (Storyblocks)- Halloween in a Haunted House (Storyblocks)- Underworld (Storyblocks)- Dramatic Ambient Cinematic Music (Storyblocks)- Monomyth, The Fall (Scott Buckley): https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/library/the-fall/- Ambient Water (Storyblocks)- The Natural Ambient (Storyblocks)The track by Scott Buckley was provided via a Creative Commons Attribution licence, which allows reuse where credit is given. Scott Buckley's website and library can be found at the following link: https://www.scottbuckley.com.auCHAPTERS: 00:00: The Crab Nebula01:55: How is a Neutron Star Formed? 07:24: Radio Pulsars11:18: X-Ray Binary Pulsars13:24: Millisecond Pulsars16:51: Magnetars 20:42: Starquakes 23:49: When Neutron Stars Collide 29:09: Quark Stars32:23: Strange Stars36:03: Thorne-Zytkow Objects

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