Neutron stars are compact objects formed when massive stars collapse at the end of their lives. (IMAGE)

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Neutron stars are compact objects formed when massive stars collapse at the end of their lives.

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Neutron stars are compact objects formed when massive stars collapse at the end of their lives. Hyperonuclei collective flow in high-energy heavy ion collisions can be used to extract hyperon-nucleon interactions in the nuclear medium and understand the inner structure of neutron stars.

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