"Neutron star = nucleus" is very elided. The crust of neutron stars contains ordinary elemental matter with a density around that of a white dwarf (specific den

"Neutron star = nucleus" is very elided. The crust of neutron stars contains ordinary elemental matter with a density around that of a white dwarf (specific density of ~10⁶), but descending down to the core it explodes to ~10¹⁴, which is nucleus density and a little beyond. There's also the whole menagerie of nuclear pasta [1] where gnocchi and spaghetti you could maybe consider "nuclei" unto themselves. There's also waffles & lasagna, but when you get into the anti-spaghetti and anti-gnocchi realms, then you're into the "one nucleus" region. [1]: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.025803 https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevC.96.025803