Neutron star: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Article title updated for style. Nov 09, 2026
Modified link of Web site: IOPscience - The Astrophysical Journal Letters - On the Sound Speed in Neutron Stars. Oct 22, 2026
Add new Web site: University of Central Florida Pressbooks - Astronomy - Pulsars and the Discovery of Neutron Stars. Sep 12, 2026
Add new Web site: PNAS - Physicists look to a new telescope to understand neutron stars and matter at the extremes. May 02, 2026
Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences - Gravitational waves from neutron stars and asteroseismology. Oct 10, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Physics of Neutron Star Crusts. Aug 28, 2025
Add new Web site: IOPscience - The Astrophysical Journal Letters - On the Sound Speed in Neutron Stars. Jul 19, 2025
Add new Web site: CiteSeerX - Neutron Star Formation and Birth Properties (PDF). Mar 01, 2025
Add new Web site: Live Science - What is a Neutron Star? Sep 23, 2024
Add new Web site: Astronomy and Astrophysics - Neutron star planets: Atmospheric processes and irradiation. May 31, 2024
Add new Web site: The Nine Planets - Neutron Stars Facts. Apr 02, 2024
Add new Web site: ESA/Hubble Word Bank - Neutron Star. Aug 11, 2023
Add new Web site: The Planets - Neutron Stars: The Collapsed Core of Massive Stars. May 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Sky and Telescope - Neutron Stars Might Be Squishy Inside. Apr 07, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Maryland - Department of Astronomy - Neutron Star Structure. Jan 13, 2023
Removed media. Dec 15, 2021
Add new Web site: Space.com - Neutron Stars. Jun 15, 2019
Corrected display issue. May 15, 2019
Add new Web site: Planet Facts- Neutron Star. May 03, 2017
Media added. Apr 13, 2016
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Neutron Star Fact. Apr 20, 2014
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Science - Neutron Star. Apr 20, 2014
Add new Web site: COSMOS - Neutron Star. Mar 11, 2013
Add new Web site: Hyperphysics - Neutron Star and Pulsar. Mar 11, 2013
Updated largest neutron mass from 1.44 times that of the Sun to 1.97 times that of the Sun. Nov 05, 2010
Article revised and updated. Apr 21, 2009
Added new Web site: National Geographic - Science and Space - Neutron Star. Apr 16, 2009
Media added. Feb 06, 2009
Added new Web site: NASA - Neutron Stars. Dec 31, 2007
Added new Web site: Virtual Trips to Black Holes and Neutron Stars. Sep 22, 2006
Article revised. Mar 05, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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