• Question: how much does a neutron star weight (about) ?

    Asked by oskar to Amy, Helen, Nicolas, Daniel, Thorrun on 19 Jun 2017.
    • Photo: Nicolas Labrosse

      Nicolas Labrosse answered on 19 Jun 2017:

      A neutron star weighs somewhere between 1.5 and 3 times the Sun, so let’s say up to about 6 followed by 33 zeros, grams. Quite heavy!

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