The Quantum Vortex: Mapping the Interior of a Neutron Star

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]Imagine a force so violent it stretches your atoms into needles before you even touch it.

[00:00:06]We are diving inside a magnetar, a dead star with a magnetic field a quadrillion times stronger than Earth's.

[00:00:13]From fluid neutron cores to reality-warping starquakes, discover how these celestial monsters literally fracture the fabric of space-time.

[00:00:22]In the core, small tornadoes form from a superfluid. It's primarily made from magnetic stuff, which creates its extremely strong magnetic field.

[00:00:32]A superfluid is something which acts like a gas and liquid, basically a fluid.

[00:00:37]The tornadoes are caused by the Coriolis effect, which also makes the extreme speed of its rotation about 716 spins per second.