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Re:Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could ... by lavasalesman on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @07:13PM (#39377435)
I like your explanation.

> There is lots of matter that is still unstable.

What are you referring to with this?

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Re:Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could ... by undersuit on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @07:23PM (#39377521)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_decay

I need to read the article, but yeah protons might not be stable, we just need to wait a long time to find out.

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Re:Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could ... by mianos on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @09:17PM (#39378364)
And free quarks within stars in conditions where they are not confined. They can exist unconfined for a real short time. At the start of the big bang there were a lot of them.
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Re:Inside the proton, the ‘most complicated thing you could ... by lagadu on Thursday February 15, 2024 @03:00PM (#39387829)
Quark stars, a type of star whose density sits between neutron stars and black holes are theorized to exist, though we have no conclusive observations of one yet.
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