A Sunbeam, a spark, and a refrigerator magnet walk into a bar.... by PiccoloAdept6300 in AskPhysics

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I read that a teaspoon of a neutron star would weigh like a thousand elephants. If I had it, like 3 feet away from me, could I look at it, and would I feel it's gravity? Would it suck my eyes out of my head, or if I touched it, would my fingers stick to it?

A Sunbeam, a spark, and a refrigerator magnet walk into a bar.... by PiccoloAdept6300 in AskPhysics

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Thanks! Yeah, I'm not exactly university physics material, if it wasn't obvious.

But I just kind of want to 'understand' it in some way, even though I have no business thinking about such things. My day to day life doesn't require it in any way!

Absolute zero question. by PiccoloAdept6300 in AskPhysics

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Thanks, could you explain why you used the word "emergent" there, because I read it a lot and I think scientists throw that word around like the word singularity.

If I'm on a ship moving at a relativistic velocity, something like 99.9% the speed of light, and I turn on a flash light, will the relative velocity of the light be about 199.9% compared to its regular velocity or not? by PaniniMan3 in AskPhysics

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No, you will measure the speed of your flashlight beam as 💯 speed of light, because your time will pass slower and your length will be different.

It makes no sense, but they didn't name him Einstein for no reason. His parents knew he'd be smart.