I believe that would be some form of fusion
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LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Could you create a device that would compress some substance to the extent it would reach this weight or is that impossible?
gibmiser@lemmy.world 10 months ago
benignintervention@lemmy.world 10 months ago
So yes, for a moment
Donjuanme@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Good news, it’s 20-30 years away!
lemmyng@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Such devices exist, namely stars. Neutron stars are theorized to have neutronium at their core, essentially a soup of neutrons so densely packed that nothing else fits between them - in order words, the densest theoretical material (osmium is the densest material found on Earth).
LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
I guess I forgot to say it needs to fit in the package lol
P00ptart@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Just toss a few teaspoons of black hole in there.
variants_of_concern@lemmy.one 10 months ago
Just have the package delivered to the black hole and watch usps get it there rain or snow
Umbrias@beehaw.org 10 months ago
no, i mean theoretically who knows, but practically no. compressing something to be more dense than a solid is energy intense. you are surpassing the bond energy of moleculesto do it. second, compressing enough osmium is going to take less, but still bigajoules, of energy. the compressive stress is immense. anything that could hold thht stress is much too big to fit in the package.
Gustephan@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I wouldn’t be too surprised if you could achieve that kind of density for a few fractions of a second with explosive powered compression. I’m thinking something like the electromagnetic flux compression technique used by Nakamura et al to make the 1200T magnetic field back in 2018. The package absolutely wouldn’t exist for long though lol