Scientists have determined that the crust of a neutron star is about 10 billion times stronger than steel. Great, sign me up, right? Coat my screen in it, make my desk out of it, and so on. Unfortunately, it seems that its great strength comes from its great density; being the next densest thing after black holes (and CrunchGear Editor John Biggs), the amount it would take to make a desk would probably throw off the Earth’s orbit.

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