• niktemadur@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It’s actually happened.

    To help describe the different particle configurations as you go into deeper and deeper layers of neutron stars - the way intense gravity plus pressure clumps the particles together - physicists have started referring to them as Gnocchi, Spaghetti and Lasagna.

    Gnocchi are lumps of neutrons bunched together.
    Spaghetti are strands of these Gnocchi.
    Lasagna are sheets of these Spaghetti.

  • phorq@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Throw the atoms against the wall and if they stick it confirms spaghetti theory is ready.

  • Mothra@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    Appalled they called it antignocci and not torrone, but I’m not going to argue