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Quark Stars

Posted by michael on from the stranger-than-we-can-imagine dept.

BigGar' writes "Astronomers seem to have discovered a new type of star. It would lie between a neutron star and and a black hole in the hierarchy of stars and consist of quark matter. Further observations with the Chandra X-ray telescope will be needed to confirm the results."

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  1. more important things to do in space ... by jest3r · · Score: 0, Troll

    > The quarks that make up conventional matter are > called "up" and "down" quarks. Physicists > theorize that even more elusive "strange" > quarks, possible remnants from the birth of the > universe, still lurk in the cosmos.

    *yawn*

    I wish that we would spend billions of dollars on getting some 'manned' craft to Mars ... something a little more practical. something that the whole globe can engage in ..

    I mean trying to determine if a star 7 miles in diameter 8 billion light years away is made of sub-nuclear particles seems like an effort in futility ..

  2. they spend money on this? by TheCyko1 · · Score: 0, Troll

    ok, so people get PAIED to look into telescopes, think of wierd names for stars and theororize about things that can't even get close to?? why do i suddenly want to take a bat to congress...

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  3. Tang! by Grendel+Drago · · Score: 0, Troll

    Back off, sucka fool! Nobody touches my "Tang" budget!

    --grendel drago

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