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Re:Physicists may now have a way to make element 120 by LeifCarrotson on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @03:00PM (#41060578)
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't nuclear-density collapsed matter stars exclusively zero-net-charge neutron stars? I suppose you could instantiate an "oops all protons" neutron star with a charge of 10^54 coulombs in Universe Sandbox, but I struggle to imagine how that would come to or continue to exist physically.

More importantly, I think that the Coulomb's Law repulsion effect would more than cancel out the gravitational attraction effect - both laws work as Force = (constant x particle1 x particle2) / distance^2, and the electromagnetic force is much, much stronger than gravity at all distances.

Re:Physicists may now have a way to make element 120 by stouset on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @05:33PM (#41062391)
Look I never said it was a good idea.
Re:Physicists may now have a way to make element 120 by KMag on Wednesday July 24, 2024 @09:46PM (#41064021)
I think it would stabilize via a combination of electron capture and positron emission converting most of the protons into neutrons.