Neutron stars are the heaviest things in the universe other than black holes. In their cores, we might find the most dangerous substance we have ever discovered. Strange matter, it bends the laws of physics. Lets look at this stuff and see what we can find.
What is a neutron star?: basically a neutron star is the remains of a supper massive star that died in a super nova. Its particles fight against gravity. If it wins, it comes here. Its so pressurized that it squeezes atoms to bits. All the empty space is pushed together. These really don't want to be together. These merge and become strange matter.
Quarks 101: But lets not get ahead of our-self. We need to learn the rules before we learn how they are broken. The nuclei that make up everything are made of smaller things. Protons and neutrons. Quarks really doesn't like to be alone. Quarks have only been observed as something else because they are the building blocks of the universe. Inside these stars, its like the beginning of the universe.
Rules that are broken: Inside neutron stars, the protons and neutrons become a Quarks bath.
this is Quark matter. This is a Quark star. It can look like a neutron star from the outside. Now lets talk about the most dangerous things in the universe, strange matter.
Rules that are broken part 2: If the conditions are just right, then it gets stranger, literally. Some of the Quarks inside a neutron star becomes strange Quarks. These can make strange matter. The ideal state for matter. Its so stable that it can exist outside these stars. however, any matter that it touches may be so impressed that it makes itself strange matter. Last sentence. This may sound scary but we are a-okay
Dear Jacob,
Warp speed travel sounds amazing!. I will do a post on this interesting topic!
Hi Abg,
Well thought and written article, I liked it very much, thank you.
Can you please write up on warp speed travel ? Will it be possible, perhaps in the future? I am sure, it will be super exciting if it possible in the future.
Jacob
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Cara
Hello Abby,
Nice article on Neutron stars, thank you for sharing.
Sally
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Mike