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lactose intole-rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 7 months ago by Jackie_meaiii@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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[-] ChannelSix@aussie.zone 8 points 7 months ago

Can neutron stars die?

[-] Generous1146@beehaw.org 14 points 7 months ago

Yes, if you throw them hard enough

[-] ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.works 13 points 7 months ago

If cooling down counts as dying. They don't produce heat or have much activity at all

[-] zephr_c@lemm.ee 3 points 7 months ago

They're still neutron stars though. As far as we know the only ways for a neutron star to stop being a neutron star is for enough stuff to fall into them that they collapse into a black hole, two merge to become a black hole, or if they get eaten by a black hole. Otherwise neutron stars are just about the most stable things in the universe.

[-] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

Interestingly enough, the inner Layers of a neutron star are commonly modeled to have a temperature of 0K, since the extreme density prevents thermal movements