Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Star crust is 10 billion times stronger than steel

The crust of a neutron star is strong enough to hold up ultra-dense mountains, a new simulation suggests. As the star spins, these bumps could produce ripples in the fabric of space that may be detectable from Earth (Illustration: Casey Reed/Penn State University)Neutron stars boast crusts that are much stronger than thought, new simulations suggest – the work could be good news for gravitational wave searches.

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