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What happens to a neutron star that is accreting hydrogen gas from a nearby star? (a) A burst of fusion can occur on its surface. (b) It can become a white dwarf. (c) It can undergo a supernova.

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Problem 6QQ

Choose the best answer to each of the following. Explain your reasoning with one or more complete sentence

What happens to a neutron star that is accreting hydrogen gas from a nearby star? (a) A burst of fusion can occur on its surface. (b) It can become a white dwarf. (c) It can undergo a supernova.

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We need to find out what happens to a neutron star that is accreting hydrogen gas from a nearby star.
A Neutron star is a collapsed core of a large star. Neutron stars are the smallest and densest star. They have radius around  and have a mass twice that of the mass of the sun.

If a neutron star that is accreting hydrogen gas from a nearby star a burst of fusion can occur on its surface.

So the option (a) is correct.

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