Establishing new standards for neutron star interiors

Our ability to grasp the complexities of non-Earthly settings is limited. Astronomers have to deal with this problem all the time. Sometimes it’s only a matter of finding out how well-understood physics relates to severe situations and then comparing the output of those equations to the actual data. Neutron stars, on the other hand, are a remarkable exception to this rule, as the necessary equations become fully intractable and observations