The warping of space-time, an effect predicted by Einstein's Theory of Relativity, has been discovered around the densest observable matter in the universe -- Neutron stars. Wow.
Astronomers from the University of Michigan and NASA say, "the warping shows up as smeared lines of iron gas whipping around the stars..."
They believe this will play a huge role in understanding physics: "This is fundamental physics...There could be exotic kinds of particles or states of matter, such as quark matter, in the centers of neutron stars, but it's impossible to create them in the lab. The only way to find out is to understand neutron stars."
"Neutron stars can pack more than a sun's worth of material into a city-sized sphere. A few cups of neutron-star stuff would outweigh Mount Everest."
We love theoretical physics so much! -- Especially, when they move from theory to fact...'shivers' So awesome.
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