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I believe the density chances quickly to match Earth's pressure.

But what else? Will it release energy enough to blow Earth up? Will its mass create some kind of an apocalyptical event?

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[-] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

You're forgetting a key thing here - a neutron star is held together by its gravity. Take a chunk of it away from that, and it will start to expand.

[-] ShaunaTheDead@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah I hadn't taken that into account at all. I'm just assuming that it stays roughly teaspoon sized the entire time.

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