# @whatifscienceshow on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=GtxtFlWEUrQ
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/9402046-whatifscienceshow-youtube
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- **Posted:** 2023-10-19T23:00:13.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** whatifscienceshow (@whatifscienceshow) — https://gondola.cc/whatifscienceshow

## Caption

Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/XVXrDX9zwfM

Neutron stars are massive gravitational monsters, and orbiting one wouldn't end up well for our planet. But what if we took just a spoonful of it and transported it to Earth?  Such a tiny amount of a neutron star couldn't possibly destroy us all... or could it?

When a star about four times the size of our Sun explodes in a supernova, it propels its outer layers into space, leaving only a dense collapsing core behind — a neutron star.

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