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In the 1930s the concept of a neutron star was introduced as a theoretically possible state of an astrophysical compact object. The first observational evidence arose in 1967 when Jocelyn Bell, Antony Hewish, and Martin Ryle detected radio signals from a pulsar. Since now more than 2000 neutron stars have been detected, but only for a few of them, it was possible to measure the neutron star masses reliably.

* Formation of neutron stars* Neutron stars can arise from supernova explosions of massive stars (between ~8 and 30 solar masses), from the merger of white dwarfs, or from the merger of light neutron stars.