Science For Sleep | What Is a Quark Star… Really?

What is a quark star, really? Tonight we drift to the very edge of what matter can be. Past the white dwarf, past the neutron star, we reach a hypothetical star of deconfined quark matter, denser than a neutron star yet not a black hole. We follow the Bodmer-Witten strange-matter idea, the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff mass limit, quiet candidates like RX J1856.5-3754 and 3C 58, the 2017 GW170817 merger, and Rachid Ouyed's quark-nova. Real astronomy, calmly told, and still unconfirmed. Drift off to this slow sleep documentary and let the science carry you into deep, quiet rest. If this calm voice helps you sleep, a gentle like or subscribe helps others find it too. #sleep #fallasleep #sleepdocumentary #quarkstar #neutronstar #space #astronomy #bedtimestory