14. Pasta Nuclear
Found Year: 2013.
D. G. Ravenhall, C. J. Pethick, and J. R. Wilson were the ones who found it.
Place: Not specified
Remaining material from a dead star made of the strongest material in the cosmos, also known as nuclear pasta. The name comes from the fact that protons and neutrons in the dried-up shell of a star may withstand extreme gravitational pressure and wind up squished into tangles of material that resemble linguini.
Nuclear Pasta, Penn State / Yahoo.com, @Nahks Tr’Ehnl
As of this writing, much of our knowledge on nuclear spaghetti in neutron stars comes from theoretical calculations. Matthew Caplan, a postdoctoral research fellow at McGill University, states that “many astrophysics problems are relevant to the strength of the neutron star crust, especially the bottom of the crust, but it is not well understood.”
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