Neutron star
Neutron star noun - A star that has collapsed under its own gravity; it is composed of neutrons.
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Sun and neutron star are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sun" instead a noun phrase "Neutron star".
Sun
Sun noun - A ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light.
Usage example: the incomprehensible vastness of a universe filled with billions of suns
Neutron star and sun are semantically related. You can use "Neutron star" instead a noun "Sun".
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- National Geographic progam, Evacuate Earth (Evacuation Earth) , has this kind of situation with a rogue neutron star, not only destroying Earth but other plants in the solar system, possibly the sun as well.
Source: Apocalypse How / Class X-2 -
Stars with cores weighing in at more than 1.4 times the mass of the sun have exceeded the "Chandrasekhar limit" and gravity combines electrons and protons to form neutrons, resulting in a neutron star.
Source: Useful Notes / Black Holes -
An unusual, real-physics variation occurs in Larry Niven's Integral Trees, set in the "smoke ring": The smoke ring is a toroidal cloud of gas and matter which orbits a very low-output neutron star, which in turn orbits a sun-like star in a binary configuration.
Source: World in the Sky
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