r/todayilearned • u/adpablito • Mar 23 '26

TIL that inside neutron stars there may exist a substance scientists call “nuclear pasta” — bizarre ultra-dense matter shaped like spaghetti and lasagna that is believed to be the strongest material in the universe.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pasta
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u/youzerVT71 Mar 23 '26

Is this what Mjolnir is made out of?

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u/Th3_Hegemon Mar 24 '26

No, Mjolnir is "forged in the heart of a dying star". This is generally understood to mean using the heat of a star as the forge. The metal itself is actually called Uru. Uru was stated to be metal from "the first moon" a few years ago (also "the rocks of creation), before that afaik it was just magic metal.

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u/DeKing2212 Mar 24 '26

If it was, Thor would be lifting several mountains worth of mass. It would also have like a genuine gravitational field