{"id":179416,"date":"2023-12-29T02:23:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-29T08:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/could-quark-stars-be-the-engines-of-self-replicating-strange-matter"},"modified":"2023-12-29T02:23:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T08:23:40","slug":"could-quark-stars-be-the-engines-of-self-replicating-strange-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/could-quark-stars-be-the-engines-of-self-replicating-strange-matter","title":{"rendered":"Could Quark Stars be the Engines of Self-Replicating Strange Matter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iNiE293-EvE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/NordVPN.com\/coolworlds\">https:\/\/NordVPN.com\/coolworlds<\/a> for 4 months for free when you sign up today, thanks to Nord for sponsoring us!<\/p>\n<p>Could there be a bizarre exotic type of star out there made of quarks? What would these things be like and how could they form? Join us as we explore quark stars, and the terrifying implications they have for forging strange matter within their cores\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Written &amp; presented by Prof. David Kipping. Edited by Jorge Casas. Special thanks to Dr Sam Gregson (\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/badboyofscience\">@badboyofscience<\/a>) for fact checking our script.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192 Support our research: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolworldslab.com\/support\">https:\/\/www.coolworldslab.com\/support<\/a>.<br \/> \u2192 Get merch: <a href=\"https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/cool-wor\">https:\/\/teespring.com\/stores\/cool-wor<\/a>\u2026<br \/> \u2192 Check out our podcast: \/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/coolworldspodcast\">@coolworldspodcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>THANK-YOU to D. Smith, M. Sloan, L. Sanborn, C. Bottaccini, D. Daughaday, A. Jones, S. Brownlee, N. Kildal, Z. Star, E. West, T. Zajonc, C. Wolfred, L. Skov, G. Benson, A. De Vaal, M. Elliott, B. 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