Quark Stars and Strange Stars
It is possible that the neutrons will decompose into their component up and down quarks when sufficient gravitational pressure is applied. In this case, the star will shrink further and become denser, but it may survive in this new state indefinitely if no extra mass is added. It has become a very large nucleon. A star in this hypothetical state is called a quark star. If quark stars contain strange matter, then they are called strange stars. The pulsars RX J1856.5-3754 and 3C58 have been suggested as possible quark stars.
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“And yet with neither love nor hate,
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Minerva’s snow-white marble eyes
Without the gift of sight.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)
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