Starquakes 😱 | Earthquakes on Stars

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]Some stars can crack like planets. After massive stars explode, they can collapse into ultra-dense objects called neutron stars.

[00:00:10]These stars are so dense, a single spoonful of their material would weigh billions of tons on Earth.

[00:00:17]But despite their size, their outer crust can still fracture.

[00:00:22]These violent events are known as starquakes. When the crust suddenly cracks [music] under intense magnetic and gravitational stress, it releases enormous bursts of energy into space.

[00:00:34]Some starquakes produce [music] radiation powerful enough to affect satellites across the solar system.

[00:00:40]Because sometimes earthquakes don't happen on planets. They happen on stars.

[00:00:46]Follow for more real-world mysteries you won't believe are real.