The stars are by far one of the most wonderful celestial bodies in the universe. Astrophysicists have studied many of them, but one of the most striking is the neutron star. Experts believe that the nuclear paste That makes up these brilliant galactic lights could be the strongest material in the entire universe.
But to better understand the composition of these stars, scientists analyzed the configuration of these enormous masses. They discovered that the neutrons within the stars they continually push each other until they transform their shape.
The forms that have been created by this constant friction are so varied and similar to the pasta Italianthat it has been decided to name them as its different types: lasagna, fusilli, gnocchi, spaghetti, macaroon, ravioliand so on.
A delicious main dish made up of neutrons which, according to simulations carried out by darach watson and his team, make up a nuclear paste 10 billion times stronger than steel. Many times these neutron stars can merge and create a huge explosion. A cascade of matter, capable of giving rise to heavier bodies such as planets, shoots out into all of space.
Looking at the sky from time to time with curiosity can help us unveil the most distant mysteries of the cosmos. In the stars we could discover life itself. Human beings still do not know much about the universe, for example, how metals such as gold, silverthe iron or the copper.
We have not even been able to understand how masses even heavier than these metals have arisen. The answer could lie in atoms, these particles that can absorb neutrons on a scale as fast as that of light.
But this would only be possible in space, since the nature of an extreme environment becomes the ideal place for atoms to be excessively fed with neutrons. Only in this way would the origin of a nuclear paste so powerful that when it explodes it produces precious metals such as uranium, lead or platinum, worthy descendants of the cosmos.
The story of a delicious cosmic nuclear paste:
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