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Here is an interesting article that suggests we have more to learn about what holds atomic nuclei together

https://www.wired.com/story/a-new-experiment-casts...

A New Experiment Casts Doubt on the Leading Theory of the Nucleus

By measuring inflated helium nuclei, physicists have challenged our best understanding of the force that binds protons and neutrons.

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Here is a related article that gives some fascinating insights into what goes on in the interior of Neutron stars...

https://www.quantamagazine.org/squishy-or-solid-a-...

Squishy or Solid? A Neutron Star's Insides Open to Debate

The core of a neutron star is such an extreme environment that physicists can't agree on what happens inside. But a new space-based experiment ' and a few more colliding neutron stars ' should reveal whether neutrons themselves break down.

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