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| | Scientific American: Neutron Stars Contain Diamond Cores |
 | | "Actually, much bigger, and a million billion times as dense." Although the star's core would be neither solid nor crystal nor faceted, apparently it would reflect some light at its boundaries and otherwise resemble a diamond. |
 | | Scientists have guessed that within neutron stars, the matter is made from up quarks, down quarks and slightly fewer strange quarks, compressed to extraordinary densities. |
 | | In the high-density environment inside a neutron star, however, scientists expect the strange quark to have an easier time of it. |
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