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- yoshi8710, on 05/14/2009, -1/+51"A teaspoonful of neutron star matter would weigh about a hundred million tons."
A teaspoonful=a hundred million tons.
ONE HUNDRED MILLION TONS.
*mind blown* - buddamus, on 05/14/2009, -1/+37The wonders of space continue to amaze me
- hypocriticizer, on 05/14/2009, -1/+33Reminds me of Nibbler's shat from Futurama.
- avelis, on 05/14/2009, -1/+29but will it blend?
- Regulator980, on 05/14/2009, -1/+28I seem to recall a very similar story making Front Page not long ago...
http://digg.com/space/Star_crust_is_10_billion_tim ... - CTK14A, on 05/14/2009, -0/+18You're better off putting it into a ladle then.
- iamfreestyle, on 05/14/2009, -1/+17AMAZING.
make a suit out of this stuff and you'll be UNSTOPPABLE! (and probably unable to move lol) - unknownpoltroon, on 05/14/2009, -0/+15*****. The strongest thing in the universe are those damned clam shell shrink wrap things for electronics.
- KatherineVolk, on 05/14/2009, -0/+14New term emerged:
Balls of Star Crust. - inactive, on 05/14/2009, -0/+13Chuck Norris' gobstopper
- digrboi, on 05/14/2009, -1/+12not similar...the same!!!
- novenator, on 05/14/2009, -1/+12Neutron stars may be one of the most interesting stellar phenomena out there. Great article.
- stklaw, on 05/14/2009, -0/+10You would be flattened to the side of the suit by its gravity.
So, it would be more of a doomsday device if you ask me. - staffa, on 05/14/2009, -0/+10Neutrons don't like each other, the only reason they can get packed so densely is because of the insane amount of gravity. You take that material out of the gravity well and it will explode violently as all the neutrons fly apart at near light speed. Imagine a 1000 billion tons of matter compressed into a suit of armor, where every constituent part of it is flying away from every other constituent part of it at near the speed of light. It would create a massive continent size crater, it would wipe out all life on Earth, It would explode with enough force to alter Earth's orbit.
Even if it were table, it is so dense it would fall through Earth's crust like a lead ball through air. - chopeh, on 05/14/2009, -0/+9I read that quote 'Mary Poppins' style.
- priegog, on 05/14/2009, -0/+8You meant heavier, right?
Physics fail - SawButter, on 05/14/2009, -1/+9Yeah, except that Nibbler's poop is called Dark Matter.
- BudIcer, on 05/14/2009, -0/+7Related by Keyword:
Star crust is 10 billion times stronger than steel
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Dude, you got to at least try... - gcnaddict, on 05/14/2009, -0/+6Whether black holes have a surface is beyond me, but since quark stars exist and are tangible, wouldn't it be logical to assume that quark stars are even stronger?
- playuhh, on 05/14/2009, -0/+6One of my favorite nerdy images was from a book where they had a speck of the dense neutron star on one side of a see-saw-esque structure with hundreds of elephants going off the page on the other side and not even tipping the see saw at all. I remember the look on the elephants faces vividly... they looked depressed.
- quamb, on 05/14/2009, -0/+6Yes, there was a time when Digg had actual intellectual discussions and comments based around the article.
- Y0tsuya, on 05/14/2009, -0/+6You can have your very own gravity well.
- bonofosho, on 05/14/2009, -1/+7I never thought I would hear about a material so strong. Truly, I am shocked. For many years I have awaited such news. And now, having read the article I can finally live my life how it was meant to be lived; In full knowledge of but one more sliver in gods all mighty creation. Sure, this knowledge will play no immediate role in my, or anyone I personally knows life, but to have been graced by the photons conveying its meaning is to be graced by the very essence of existence. An essence that pervades the farthest reaches of both space and minds alike. Ah yes, astrology needs not produce any useful, worthwhile results when it could instead, inspire the imagination. And truly, is that not the greatest resource of all?
haha, your comments were deep, but mine was soooo much deeper lol.
god im high - bromac, on 05/14/2009, -0/+6I would definitely say that this more like an immovable wall, not an unstoppable object.
- bromac, on 05/14/2009, -0/+5To confirm to the others, it's NOT A ***** WOW REFERENCE.
It's a Physics reference. As in...what would happen if an unstoppable object hits an immovable wall?
Get the ***** out of your basements and go back to school. - A11YND, on 05/14/2009, -3/+7Breaking News: Computer Simulations show exactly what they showed the last 30,000 times they've been used to predict the density of Neutron Star material and also confirm to predictions ever since the neutron star has been proposed.
Seriously, this isn't anything shocking or new. Call us when theres a simulation of how a tetraneutron could exist. - LilJimmyNordin, on 05/14/2009, -0/+4StarCrust II is going to kick ass.
- DonutGuy, on 05/14/2009, -0/+4Urine. Try failing less.
A ton is a measure of mass (or "heaviness").
Density is a measure of mass per volume. - HeyArnold, on 05/14/2009, -0/+4Unobtainium FTW
- Chakat, on 05/14/2009, -0/+3Quite probable. However, we can't be sure since we haven't found one to observe yet.
- Tribute989, on 05/14/2009, -0/+3Its not a WOW reference people...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irresistible_force_pa ... - DDION, on 05/14/2009, -2/+5Good, now we can ***** all those adamantium jokes...
- swanny89, on 05/14/2009, -0/+3Its not so much a physics reference as it is a logical exercise. The solution is actually pretty obvious: in a universe where an unstoppable object exists, there is no such thing as an immovable wall and vice versa.
- thejuggernaut11, on 05/14/2009, -0/+3Yeah, a teaspoonful of star matter would make the medicine go down quite fast.
- wipis, on 05/14/2009, -0/+3Isn't this sort of a duh moment? I mean sure its cool that they found a way to quantify it better. But, would you think the second densest matter in the universe, a mass probably bigger then our sun compressed into a ball about the size of Texas would feel like jello? I mean sure the laws of quantum mechanics start to break down at a certain point but some things are pretty obvious to the thinking man.
- inactive, on 05/14/2009, -0/+3not a WoW referance you god damn WoWtards
- gelato822, on 05/14/2009, -0/+2ugh! i hate when i get star crust in my eyes in the mornings
- inactive, on 05/14/2009, -0/+2RC helicopter I would imagine...
Well you couldn't get a man down there. - Chakat, on 05/14/2009, -0/+2Currently, quark stars exist purely in theory. When we observe one, then we can start labeling densities, tensile strengths, compressive strengths, etc. It could very well be that we discover some property of quark stars that makes them very unstable and oddly weak, which is why we haven't seen them yet. It's unlikely, but possible, which is why it's stated as strongest known subtstance.
- staffa, on 05/14/2009, -0/+2Defensive much? My point is the same as your point. Just adding interesting insight into the nature of the material. I continued your point, hence my reply to your point.
- silverchrysalis, on 05/14/2009, -0/+2sounds like something that requires antibiotics to treat.
- TheInformer, on 05/14/2009, -0/+2The crust that forms on 4 day old underwear is just as strong.
- pw378, on 05/14/2009, -1/+3physics fail...
- Chakat, on 05/14/2009, -0/+2@Syphon8:
All proposed as quark stars. Hasn't been confirmed yet. - revyn, on 05/14/2009, -0/+2nice catch :D
- eanbowman, on 05/14/2009, -0/+2Um, how is this surprising. Doesn't it make sense that extremely dense material might have incredible strength? Am I missing something?
- pe5t1lence, on 05/14/2009, -0/+2Must be Dolemite. It's the metal that won't cop out, when there's heat all about!
- rock774, on 05/14/2009, -0/+2When will the Sham Wow guy demonstrate this stuff ?
- directedition, on 05/14/2009, -0/+2the star is made of adamantium
- sourabhg, on 05/14/2009, -0/+2So the swords made from bright metal obtained from comet debris are the best.
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