Cosmic glitch: Super-dense star is first ever found suddenly slowing its spin

One of the densest objects in the universe, a neutron star about 10,000 light years from Earth, has been discovered suddenly putting the brakes on its spinning speed. The event is a mystery that holds important clues for understanding how matter reacts when it is squeezed more tightly than the density of an atomic nucleus—a state that no laboratory on Earth has achieved. The discovery by an international team of scientists will be published in the journal Nature on May 30, 2013.

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