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MT

I agree with you, but have never seen it stated elsewhere, and I will demure until more posters indulge us. In the mean time, I have another question about neutron stars. Are they entirely solid matter, or do they include space of any sort.

In elaboration, I have seen it said that an atom blown up to the size of a grape, and then blown up to the size of a NFL covered stadium, would have a nucleous the size of a grain of sand. I quess the various electrons would be even less cosequential. So an atom is almost entirely empty space.

I know that a neutron star is so dense it pushes electrons and protons together to form neutrons, and that only neutrons remain. However, I have yet to be informed if all these 'neutered' atoms are also squeezed together so that no empty space remains.