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The Boundary Between Black Holes & Neutron Stars

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When we detected the very first gravitational wave, a new window was opened to the mysteries of the universe. We knew we’d see things previously thought impossible. And we just did - an object on the boundary between neutron stars and black holes, which promises to reveal the secrets of both.

Hosted by Matt O'Dowd

Written by Matt O'Dowd

Graphics by Leonardo Scholzer, Yago Ballarini, & Pedro Osinski

Directed by: Andrew Kornhaber

Camera Operator: Bahaar Gholipour

Executive Producers: Eric Brown & Andrew Kornhaber

Previous Episodes Referenced:

Ligo’s First Detection of Gravitational Waves

The Future of Gravitational Waves

How to build a black hole

Strange Stars

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