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[–] NeuralLotus 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Only halfway through the article. But I wanted to point out that the article has some very poor wording when describing a neutron star. The repulsive force is due to quantum degeneracy pressure. Basically, no particles are forced to occupy identical states. It is that contraction cannot proceed further because of the Pauli exclusion principle. They cannot occupy identical states, and thus the contraction halts.

Maybe nobody else found the wording poor. But it read to me as if they were saying that particles in neutron stars do occupy identical states. So I just thought that should be clarified.