• The Strongest Thing In Star Trek Cannot Exist

    From Ubiquitous@weberm@polaris.net to rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.tv.startrek,alt.startrek,rec.arts.startrek.misc on Tue Jul 7 04:30:43 2026
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    Neutronium is the fictional material collected from the heart of
    collapsed Neutron Stars in Star Trek. But it is based on a real life
    thing, the hypothetical matter state of an all Neutron solid. Also the collapsed heart of a supermassive star. But if that is the case, then
    there is a glaring issue with it, which I'll look at in this video.

    https://youtu.be/R4yFhnLuOyI?si=iNTjE0Zf5DywzVdg
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  • From Daniel@me@fuhgitabutit.com to rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.tv.startrek,alt.startrek,rec.arts.startrek.misc on Thu Jul 23 15:44:09 2026
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    Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> writes:

    Neutronium is the fictional material collected from the heart of
    collapsed Neutron Stars in Star Trek. But it is based on a real life
    thing, the hypothetical matter state of an all Neutron solid. Also the collapsed heart of a supermassive star. But if that is the case, then
    there is a glaring issue with it, which I'll look at in this video.

    https://youtu.be/R4yFhnLuOyI?si=iNTjE0Zf5DywzVdg

    I wasn't aware they utilized such terminology in star trek. I assume
    it's a sort of 'metal' used in the construction of something. How cute, but
    a typical hand-wavy sci-fi concept.

    Neutron stars are remnants of supergiant stellar cores. The exotic state
    of matter, in a stellar remnant, adopts its properties due to the
    intense gravitational forces at work.

    This is tantamount to water at the bottom of the deep ocean. Take a
    bottle of deep ocean water and dump it on the surface of the ocean, it
    won't stay compressed.

    If one had a method of removing an amount of matter from a stellar
    remnant, the lack of intense gravitational forces acting on the sample
    would allow it to revert, albeit violently, to its natural
    state. Explosive decompression.

    I wouldn't want to be in the room.

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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.startrek on Sat Jul 25 06:48:25 2026
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    On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:44:09 -0700, Daniel wrote:

    This is tantamount to water at the bottom of the deep ocean. Take a
    bottle of deep ocean water and dump it on the surface of the ocean,
    it won't stay compressed.

    I donrCOt think the EarthrCOs oceans are deep enough for anything
    interesting to happen to the water in the deepest parts, like changing
    into a different phase.

    Someplace like Europa or such, with underground oceans that may be
    dozens or even hundreds of kilometres deep ... thatrCOs a different
    story. I think.

    If one had a method of removing an amount of matter from a stellar
    remnant, the lack of intense gravitational forces acting on the
    sample would allow it to revert, albeit violently, to its natural
    state. Explosive decompression.

    I wouldn't want to be in the room.

    If it were of more than microscopic size, IrCOm guessing it might be
    advisable not to be anywhere on the same planet ...
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  • From Daniel@me@fuhgitabutit.com to rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.startrek on Sat Aug 1 01:41:07 2026
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    Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

    On Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:44:09 -0700, Daniel wrote:

    This is tantamount to water at the bottom of the deep ocean. Take a
    bottle of deep ocean water and dump it on the surface of the ocean,
    it won't stay compressed.

    I donrCOt think the EarthrCOs oceans are deep enough for anything
    interesting to happen to the water in the deepest parts, like changing
    into a different phase.

    I was talking about pressure only.

    Someplace like Europa or such, with underground oceans that may be
    dozens or even hundreds of kilometres deep ... thatrCOs a different
    story. I think.

    Doubt europa would have deep oceans. I'd like to know for sure.

    If one had a method of removing an amount of matter from a stellar
    remnant, the lack of intense gravitational forces acting on the
    sample would allow it to revert, albeit violently, to its natural
    state. Explosive decompression.

    I wouldn't want to be in the room.

    If it were of more than microscopic size, IrCOm guessing it might be advisable not to be anywhere on the same planet ...

    Fair.

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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.startrek on Sun Aug 2 23:26:42 2026
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    On Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:41:07 -0700, Daniel wrote:

    Doubt europa would have deep oceans. I'd like to know for sure.

    OccamrCOs Razor: nothing else can (easily) explain the evidence:

    rCo Discontinuities in the pattern of cracks in the surface ice,
    indicating that portions of that surface have moved relative to
    each other in the past, often by quite large distances, pointing to
    the underlying layers not being solid
    rCo Magnetic field patterns pointing to a liquid interior with
    high salinity

    We see similar things with Enceladus around Saturn.

    Actually, I think at least two othersrCa of JupiterrCOs big moons show
    signs of underground oceans, albeit not with the planetwide extent of
    Europa.

    rCaWhich effectively means rCLall of them, except the volcanic onerCY.
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  • From Daniel@me@fuhgitabutit.com to rec.arts.sf.tv,alt.startrek on Sun Aug 2 22:43:08 2026
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    Lawrence DrCOOliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:

    On Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:41:07 -0700, Daniel wrote:

    Doubt europa would have deep oceans. I'd like to know for sure.

    OccamrCOs Razor: nothing else can (easily) explain the evidence:

    rCo Discontinuities in the pattern of cracks in the surface ice,
    indicating that portions of that surface have moved relative to
    each other in the past, often by quite large distances, pointing to
    the underlying layers not being solid
    rCo Magnetic field patterns pointing to a liquid interior with
    high salinity

    We see similar things with Enceladus around Saturn.

    Actually, I think at least two othersrCa of JupiterrCOs big moons show
    signs of underground oceans, albeit not with the planetwide extent of
    Europa.

    rCaWhich effectively means rCLall of them, except the volcanic onerCY.

    I'd have to do more reading on the matter. I tend to focus more on
    cosmology.
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