• BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 years ago

      Theorized form of matter that could exist in the cores of neutron stars.

      Essentially matter compressed beyond a critical point where protons and neutrons break down and dissociate into quarks.

      If this quark matter contains strange quarks, then it is called strange matter.