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Dec 29, 2023

Could Quark Stars be the Engines of Self-Replicating Strange Matter?

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Could there be a bizarre exotic type of star out there made of quarks? What would these things be like and how could they form? Join us as we explore quark stars, and the terrifying implications they have for forging strange matter within their cores…

Written & presented by Prof. David Kipping. Edited by Jorge Casas. Special thanks to Dr Sam Gregson (/ @badboyofscience) for fact checking our script.

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