What If a Spoonful of Neutron Star Appeared on Earth?

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Neutron stars are massive gravitational monsters, and orbiting one wouldn't end up well for our planet. But what if we took just a spoonful of it and transported it to Earth?  Such a tiny amount of a neutron star couldn't possibly destroy us all... or could it?

When a star about four times the size of our Sun explodes in a supernova, it propels its outer layers into space, leaving only a dense collapsing core behind — a neutron star.

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