Nuclear Pasta May Be the Strongest Material Ever | SciShow News
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There is some super weird, noodley stuff inside neutron stars and scientists have found evidence that black holes can have strange geometries.
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Sources:
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Images:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap170501.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neutron_star_cross_section.svg
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emission_spectrum-Fe.svg
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