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Sci Fi Substance | Neutronium

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Neutronium comes up in Star Wars, Star Trek and many of the Marvel Comics. It's a hypothetical substance made purely of neutrons. Jan Eldridge, Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland tells Bryan Crump how likely

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© RNZ Length 22 min 31 July 2023 Season 3 Episode 5 Sci-FiScienceSpace New Zealand Episodic

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© RNZ Length 22 min 31 July 2023 Season 3 Episode 5 Sci-FiScienceSpace New Zealand Episodic

Getting to the science behind the fiction

Getting to the science behind the fiction

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Neutronium comes up in Star Wars, Star Trek and many of the Marvel Comics. It's a hypothetical substance made purely of neutrons. Jan Eldridge, Associate Professor of Physics at the University of Auckland tells Bryan Crump how likely

Associate Professor in Physics at the Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, Jan Eldridge gives us her scientific take on Neutronium a material widely written about in fiction - including Star Wars, Star Trek and in the Marvel comics.

Spoiler Alert - it's a real thing.

Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details


© RNZ | 22 min

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