Astronomy
Why Are Neutron Stars Incredibly Dense Objects?
Quick fact
A neutron star's density is roughly 10^14 grams per cubic centimeter—a teaspoon would weigh about 10 million tons on Earth.
Why this is interesting
Imagine taking the entire mass of the Sun and crushing it into an object the size of a city. Now imagine a single teaspoon of that object weighing billions of tons. That is the reality of a neutron star—but how does such impossible density exist?