Recent research has unveiled a neutron star in our Milky Way that rotates at an extraordinary speed of 716 times per second, marking it as one of the fastest-spinning objects ever recorded. Conducted by researchers from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), this groundbreaking discovery utilized an X-ray space telescope mounted on the International Space Station (ISS) to study the neutron star, part of an X-ray binary star system named '4U 1820-30', located in the Sagittarius constellation towards the center of our galaxy.
Dr. Gaurava K. Jaisawal, a senior scientist at DTU Space and first author of a recently published article in the *Astrophysical Journal*, explains, "We were studying thermonuclear explosions from this system and then found remarkable oscillations, suggesting a neutron star spinning around its central axis at an astounding 716 times per second." If future observations confirm these findings, the 4U 1820-30 neutron star will stand alongside another fast-spinning neutron star, PSR J1748-2446.
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