[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Ping to the Badger

[Captain Beyond]

bflr

[lurk]

Using this technology, airlines can get more people on a 737.

[tumblindice]

Three words: square beer bottles.

[VRW Conspirator]

Neutrons Become Cubes Inside Neutron Stars

I knew that! Took them this long to figure it out? maroons

[Joe Brower]

It's worth noting that a stellar mass 1.97 times that of our own sun, Sol, really isn't very big. But at just 2 stellar masses or greater, what is known as the Chandrasekhar Limit is reached, after which even the strong nuclear force cannot resist the pull of gravity, and we have the next (and last) stage in the cycle -- a singularity, or black hole.

It's a strange world we live in. And it's an only too fitting irony that the more deeply we delve into the ultimate nature of reality, the more unreal it becomes.

[cicero2k]

I know I could look this up but what is the distribution of stars with regard to solar mass? i.e. median star is x solar mass, one standard deviation is y solar mass etc.

[rsobin]

I contend that because the bosons constituting neutrons are asymmetrical and so the neutrons are squeezed into little rectangles instead of cubes.

[martin_fierro]

[Gena Bukin]

Thanks for posting. IMHO, neutron stars are some of the most fascinating objects in the universe.

[gargoyle]

...Fascinating, Good on yer...(-;)

[Savage Beast]

Do you mean to tell me that 8% OF ANY POPULATION thinks economic conditions in the U.S.A. are actually good to excellent??? And that 17% believes that economic conditions are getting better???

Who are these morons???

Are they actually running around loose???