nemesis <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Yes, Neutron Stars are the other freak little brother of blackholes.  If the
> immense gravity and pressure isn't enough to impress someone, nor are the small
> size and humongous rotation periods, then perhaps the fact that it's not
> constituted of any chemical element in existance, but mostly neutrons alone,
> should do the trick.

  Not only does the core of a neutron star consist (most probably) of
mostly neutrons, but the neutrons are in fact so packed together that
there's no empty space between them (like there is between atoms). The
whole core consists entirely and thoroughly of neutron matter, with no
empty space at all, so the density of the core is the same as the density
of one single neutron, which is *humongous*.

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                                                          - Warp

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