Neutron Stars are "Real"

[cloudguy]

This article just boggles my mind.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/neutronstarcrustisstrongerthansteel

[rcnute]

I can't even come close to comprehending this stuff. I received one of my poorest grades in basic astronomy. Which is sad.

[Steve in SLO]

"Neutron stars are so dense that if you could dip a teaspoon into one of them and scoop out some of its neutrons the spoon would weigh 100 million tons. If you were to hold that empty teaspoon just one yard above the star's surface and drop it, it would strike the surface at 4.3 million mph."

Wow...some days I feel like that.

[Louis]

If you were to hold that empty teaspoon just one yard above the star's surface.

That is one heck of a tractor beam you're using to do that, Steve !

[William]

If you were to hold that empty teaspoon just one yard above the star's surface.

That is one heck of a tractor beam you're using to do that, Steve !


Just how does said tractor beam work???

http://www.freethunk.net/nickkim/tractorbeam.jpg






William :rolleyes: :)

[Steve in SLO]

If you were to hold that empty teaspoon just one yard above the star's surface.

That is one heck of a tractor beam you're using to do that, Steve !
Louis,
To clarify: Sometimes I feel like the teaspoon.

[William]

Louis,
...Sometimes I feel like the teaspoon.


That's heavy man.





William :)

[MIN]

i thought this was going to be about a new campy wheel model. sigh.

[bostondrunk]

I need a set of cranks made with this stuff.....you know....to get rid of that crank arm flex we all detect with the current offerings.....never mind that old square taper garbage!

:beer:

[Dekonick]

Carbon is Soooo last season...

A new study suggests how strong they are: The crust of neutron stars could be 10 billion times stronger than steel, based on an innovative model of elements compressed as tightly as they would be on the surface of a neutron star.