Ripples in the fabric of space-time may put the brakes on the fastest-spinning stars in the universe and prevent them from flying apart. These stars, known as pulsars, pack as much mass as the sun into a sphere only about 16 kilometers across.
SPIN UP. A pulsar (right) revs up by stealing matter from a companion star.
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