Neutron star

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A neutron star is the remnant of a star that had sufficient mass to explode in a supernova, but not so much mass that it forms a black hole instead of a neutron star. Unlike the neutrons and protons in an atomic nucleus, which are bound together by the strong nuclear force, the neutrons in a neutron star are bound together by gravity.