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Neutron stars may have strange quark cores: Study
NewsBytes | March 15, 2026 7:39 PM CST

Quark cores could reshape our understanding of neutron star collisions

If true, these huge quark cores, possibly making up a significant portion of the star's innermost mass, could change how we understand neutron star collisions and what happens when massive objects crash together in space.

Neutron stars as cosmic labs

The study also set the first real-world limit on how strongly these free-floating quarks can pair up inside stars.
This opens up fresh ways to use neutron stars as cosmic labs for exploring some of the universe's weirdest quantum matter.


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