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		brazzy on May 28, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What would a teaspoonful of neutron star do to you... Without running the numbers, I'd prefer the distance to be meaningfully measurable in light years.

dfranke on May 29, 2011 [–]

That's excessive. As the article mentions, a neutron star can't exceed a few solar masses. You're much less than a light year from the sun without any ill effects from its gravity.

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