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Neutron stars are among the densest objects in the universe from "summary" of The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne
Neutron stars are truly remarkable celestial objects, possessing a density that is almost beyond comprehension. Imagine cramming the entire mass of the sun into a sphere with a diameter of just a dozen miles. That is the kind of extreme density we are talking about when it comes to neutron stars. The gravitational pull in these compact stellar remnants is so intense that a single teaspoon of neutron star material would weigh billions of tons on Earth. To put things into perspective, neutron stars are denser than any substance we can find on our planet. Even the densest materials on Earth, such as lead or uranium, pale in comparison to the mind-boggling density of a neutron star. This incredible density is a result of the collapse of a massive star during a supernova explosion, leaving behind only the core composed mostly of neutrons. The intense gravitational for...
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