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Neutron stars can spin 600 times per second. Spinning faster than your imagination can keep up.

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Some neutron stars (millisecond pulsars) rotate hundreds of times per second; the fastest known are around 700+ rotations per second. They’re incredibly compact—about city-sized—so conservation of angular momentum makes them spin like a figure skater pulling in their arms.

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