tameriaen
tameriaen t1_iviefjk wrote
Reply to Bizarre star may have a solid surface, according to X-ray observations. Astronomers have now spotted a super strange one that seems to have a solid surface. Its intense magnetic field is strong enough to overcome its blistering temperatures and “freeze” its outer layers into a solid crust. by MistWeaver80
Question for folks who know better: I've heard it theorized that quark stars would have a strangelet-crystal crust (and I have no idea what that would mean for their magnetic field). Based on the data we've got, "is there any reasonable possibility this bizarre is a strange star?"
tameriaen t1_ivlg460 wrote
Reply to comment by MyShixteenthAccount in Bizarre star may have a solid surface, according to X-ray observations. Astronomers have now spotted a super strange one that seems to have a solid surface. Its intense magnetic field is strong enough to overcome its blistering temperatures and “freeze” its outer layers into a solid crust. by MistWeaver80
We don't know what's on the other side of the event horizon -- could be quark star, plank star, singularity, whitehole universe, or something else. Your guess is as good as mine.
That said, it's thought that neutron stars might have quark matter cores, and there's a handful of stars (without event horizons) as candidates for quark stars.