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I think that even if we ignore the practicality of building it, at that thickness the neutron star material would immediately collapse into a black hole :)


How about a whole system of neutron stars, in orbit around each other, separated by vacuum, arranged for a given straight-line path in order that at any point in time that path intersects at least 189 km worth of neutron stars?

Is this possible? I'm considering a loose definition of the word "possible" here, but could such an arrangement exist without collapsing to a black hole under gravity or being torn apart by centrifugal force?


>How about a whole system of neutron stars, in orbit around each other

that's a neat idea. the orbital mechanics involved are pretty mind-boggling, but I guess a civilization that could create a system of neutron stars could probably deal with the math ;).


The osmium, too!


New theory: maybe black holes are scrapped alien neutrino detectors?


Even a very small blackhole would catch all neutrinos that pass it, right?

So maybe we could use them as neutrino detectors and/or sails :)

Hm, can we detect big black holes that way - looking at their neutrino shadow?




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