Neutron Star's surface has been mapped!

Joey P. · Post #1by **Joey P.** » 14.12.2019, 01:00

http://www.astronomy.com/news/2019/12/astronomers ... ars-surface-for-the-first-time

We need to make a new neutron star texture based on this! Here's my existing one:

fyr02 · Post #2by **fyr02** » 14.12.2019, 01:39

The neutron star' surface wasn't "mapped" - what you see in the article is an artist's impression.

Literally all they did was detect two bright areas - astronomy articles are somewhat clickbait.

Joey P. · Post #3by **Joey P.** » 14.12.2019, 02:12

Spoiler: fyr02 wrote:
The neutron star' surface wasn't "mapped" - what you see in the article is an artist's impression.

Literally all they did was detect two bright areas - astronomy articles are somewhat clickbait.

Rats...

I recommend setting your reply to a spoiler (which you can do in the edit box if you didn't know) like what I did to my quoting of you for future readers.

Post #4by **Lafuente_Astronomy** » 14.12.2019, 14:08

Joey P. wrote:I recommend setting your reply to a spoiler (which you can do in the edit box if you didn't know) like what I did to my quoting of you for future readers.

But why do we need to make fyr02's reply a spoiler?

Sirius_Alpha · Post #5by **Sirius_Alpha** » 14.12.2019, 18:30

As a general rule pop-sci outlets will always skew the science in favor of sensationalism and clickbait. Always, and I cannot stress this enough, always go to the original source (paper, publication, etc) for a more complete, accurate understanding of what is being reported.

Joey P. wrote:I recommend setting your reply to a spoiler (which you can do in the edit box if you didn't know) like what I did to my quoting of you for future readers.

Not only is there no justification to do this, actively hiding the quote you're responding to does not make a lot of sense.