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Neutron stars can pack more mass than the Sun into a sphere about the size of a city.

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A neutron star crams more mass than the Sun into a ball the size of a city; a sugar-cube of it would weigh billions of tonnes — matter squeezed to its limit.

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Aynı kart, başka bir dilde.

Nötron yıldızları, Güneş'ten daha fazla kütleyi yaklaşık bir şehir büyüklüğündeki bir küreye sığdırabilir.

Bir nötron yıldızı, Güneş'ten fazla kütleyi bir şehir büyüklüğündeki topa sıkıştırır; bir kesme şeker büyüklüğü milyarlarca ton (milyarlarca kısa ton) gelir — sınırına kadar sıkıştırılmış madde.

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