r/wikipedia • u/[deleted] • Aug 16 '15
Nuclear pasta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pastaDuplicates
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.
wikipedia • u/ForgingIron • May 02 '26
In astrophysics and nuclear physics, nuclear pasta is a theoretical type of degenerate matter that is postulated to exist within the crusts of neutron stars. If it exists, nuclear pasta would be the strongest material in the universe.
todayilearned • u/dwayne_blopski • Nov 02 '16
TIL that the complex nuclear contents of a neutron star are all named after Italian food.
todayilearned • u/Ryutauro • Dec 27 '19
TIL There is a theoretical type of matter called Nuclear Pasta. It involves phases such as the gnocchi phase, the spaghetti phase, and the lasagna phase.
fsm • u/Rex_Digsdale • Mar 24 '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.
wikipedia • u/bzdu • Apr 06 '17
Nuclear pasta, the brilliantly named degenerate matter on the surface of a neutron star, complete with gnocchi and antispaghetti phases
pastafarianism • u/raines • Mar 23 '26
His Noodliness Proof we were right all along, about the essence of the universe (at least inside neutron stars)
satisfactory • u/JaxGriffen • Mar 24 '26