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STRANGE MATTER. “The existence of strange planets is based on a long-standing theory. It has long been proposed that SQM may be the final ground state of hadronic matter. Ordinary nuclei, made up of up and down quarks, may dissolve their boundaries and transit to an SQM phase (consisting of up, down, and strange quarks) if the nuclei experience high-enough pressure. Strange matter in bulk is stable. Even small chunks of strange matter with baryon number lower than 10(7), called "strangelets," can be stable due to surface tension.” (SQM = Strange-quark matter). https://lnkd.in/daa6d3s View in LinkedIn

IDEAS GRAVEYARD. “The mortuary of make‐believe planets contains numerous tombstones, and many astronomers lugged these planets to their private graves.” https://lnkd.in/dm_27tt View in LinkedIn

EXTREME WINDOW. “Modern astrophysics is a window into incredible cosmic events, pushing into densities, speeds, temperatures, and field strengths far beyond the human "normal".” https://lnkd.in/d9j5xur View in LinkedIn

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SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE COULD HAVE INFLUENCE EARLY EART EVOLUTION. “Traditionally, the Sun was thought to be the only astronomical source of light that affected life on Earth. But it is also possible that the black hole, SgrA played an important role in shaping the history of terrestrial life. A surprising realization of this sort is similar to figuring out that a stranger might have impacted your family history before you were born. If a link between SgrA* and terrestrial life can be established, then this supermassive black hole might trigger a second Nobel Prize.” (By Harvard Astronomy Chair, Abraham Loeb). https://lnkd.in/d3h297W View in LinkedIn

ALICE IN WONDERLAND. “If the SQM hypothesis is correct, then all observed pulsars may actually be SSs but not neutron stars, due to the contamination process by strange nuggets in the universe. SSs can exist in various forms, such as bare SSs or SSs with a normal baryonic crust.” (SQM = Strange-quark matter). (SS = strange stars). https://lnkd.in/ddQpCwa View in LinkedIn

MAGNETIC FIELDS. Planet Magnetic Field Strength Relative to Earth: Earth =1; Saturn = 600; Uranus = 50; Neptune = 25. https://lnkd.in/dEgBkgy View in LinkedIn

NEUTRON STAR CORES. “Ordinary nuclei, made up of up and down quarks, may dissolve their boundaries and transit to an SQM phase (consisting of up, down, and strange quarks) if the nuclei experience high-enough pressure. Strange matter in bulk is stable. Even small chunks of strange matter with baryon number lower than 10(7), called "strangelets," can be stable due to surface tension.” (SQM = Strange-quark matter). https://lnkd.in/ddQpCwa View in LinkedIn

PLASMA LAB. “The magnetospheres of planets in our solar system can therefore be considered as big plasma laboratories with conditions which are not attainable at Earth.” https://lnkd.in/dVhpP9H View in LinkedIn

RESORTING TO MATHS. “Various calculations have been performed which indicate phase transitions from hadronic to quark matter in the core of massive neutron stars, in neutron star mergers or even in core collapse supernovae of very massive stars.” https://lnkd.in/dF38pNe View in LinkedIn