Neutron stars behave somewhat like giant nuclei, but only somewhat. We don’t even really good models of how their cores behave, maybe it’s a quark-gluon plasma,

Neutron stars behave somewhat like giant nuclei, but only somewhat. We don’t even really good models of how their cores behave, maybe it’s a quark-gluon plasma, but we just don’t have a good enough model of matter to know.