The Strangest Thing in Our Universe

Public project summary

Across the vast emptiness of the cosmos, there lay a type of exotic matter so dangerous yet so interesting that if found to be real, would change what we know and understand about matter forever. That is the power of strange matter. Along with a strange name, it comes with interesting properties. To begin with, it is theorized to originate in a theoretical type of neutron star, a quark star. Strange matter is held within that quark star until it explodes, sending strange matter everywhere. They could be flying around our galaxy in numbers greater than the amount of stars in the milky way in sizes ranging from just a single water molecule to the Saturn V rocket. If one piece were to come in contact with Earth, it would transform the entirety of Earth and everything touching it (including us humans) into Strange matter, giving it the infectious property. Earth would become a strange star and all life would cease to exist. Think of it like King Midas from Greek mythology tripping and turning the whole Earth to gold. Except instead of gold it's strange matter. This study aims to clarify the actual implications of discovering of the existence of strange matter and how it would impact our understanding on matter and the universe as a whole.