Neutron stars can have a resounding impact around the universe. Scientists recently announced the first detection of gravitational waves created by two neutron stars smashing into each other.

Last year, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope ... a planet that was once part of a star, whose outer layer was stripped off by the massive neutron star, who is also a millisecond pulsar.

But, thanks to a collaboration between Australian scientists and NASA, we now have an accurate measurement of both the mass and radius of the neutron star. Dr Reardon, who is one of the lead ...