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On 9/27/2024 11:43 AM, Brett wrote:
> Michael S <already5chosen@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:55:50 -0000 (UTC)
>> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 24 Sep 2024 20:21:53 -0000 (UTC), Brett wrote:
>>>
>>>> You hear physicists talk of microscopic black holes, but the force
>>>> that keeps atoms apart is so much more powerful than gravity that
>>>> such talk is just fools playing with math they don’t understand.
>>>
>>> That would mean that neutron stars (all the atoms crushed so tightly
>>> together that individual subatomic particles lose their identity)
>>> couldn’t exist either. But they do.
>>
>> Radio pulsars exist.
>> The theory is that they are neutron stars. But theory can be wrong.
> 
> Some of the pulsars are spinning at such a rate that they would fly apart,
> so we know the theory is wrong.
> 
> “A pulsar (from pulsating radio source)[1][2] is a highly magnetized
> rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation out of
> its magnetic poles.[3] This radiation can be observed only when a beam of
> emission is pointing toward Earth (similar to the way a lighthouse can be
> seen only when the light is pointed in the direction of an observer), and
> is responsible for the pulsed appearance of emission. “
> 
> This sounds like an electric motor, and if you think a galactic
> civilization would not turn such into a gas station, I have news for you.
> You can take advantage of the huge gravity to feed it oil barrel
> projectiles full of liquid hydrogen to feed off of the explosions for more
> power generation and keep the generator alive. The resulting spectrum would
> be artificial, but we lack the theory to understand that.
> 
> A Dyson sphere compared to a pulsar looks like a comparison of a desk fan
> to a modern wind mill.

Can one use the light from Phoenix A* as a beacon of sorts?