Strange Star Pair Confirms Einstein | Video

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A hyper-dense spinning neutron and its rapidly orbiting companion white dwarf star seem to support Einstein’s General Relativity model of gravity under extreme conditions where the theory might have broken down.

Credit: SPACE.com / ESO / NRAO / Max Planck Institute / Music: JampyKeys with Cheryl Pyle

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