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Conceptual cutaway illustration of a blue-white neutron star, showing a thin outer crust around an interior of parallel luminous vortex filaments, with polar beams against black space; an artistic representation of the superfluid coupling proposed to produce pulsar glitches, not a direct observation.

Why Does a Neutron Star Suddenly Spin Faster?

 cacophony  10/16/2026

Pulsar glitches reveal how a superfluid interior can transfer angular momentum to a neutron star’s crust. Vela’s timing exposes the exchange.

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