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Grab a teaspoon of neutron star core. Teleport it into Earth's atmosphere. What would happen? (kbin.social)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Damaskox@kbin.social to c/ELI5@kbin.social

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I believe the density chances quickly to match Earth's pressure.

But what else? Will it release energy enough to blow Earth up? Will its mass create some kind of an apocalyptical event?

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[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Close. Everyone forgets that a neutron star is held together by gravity. Take a bit away and that bit will fall apart. Rapidly. Very, very, very rapidly. Like significant fraction of c rapidly. Imagine Mt. Everest suddenly flying apart at a significant fraction of c.