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One of the fastest-spinning stars in the Universe

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New research in our Milky Way has revealed a neutron star that rotates around its axis at an extremely high speed.

It spins 716 times per second , making it one of the fastest-spinning objects ever observed.

The neutron star is only 12 km across but has a mass 1.4 times greater than the Sun 's.

It was observed using NASA 's NICER X-ray telescope mounted outside of the International Space Station .

A Comprehensive Study of Thermonuclear X-Ray Bursts from 4U 182030 with NICER : Accretion Disk Interactions and a Candidate Burst Oscillation.

The Astrophysical Journal , 2024 ; 975 ( 1): 67 , is published online.

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