Strange Matter: Hypothetical Substance of Extreme Stars

Strange matter is a theoretical form of matter made of up, down, and strange quarks.
It could exist inside ultra-dense stars, beyond the limits of normal neutron matter.
If real, it might form the cores of exotic objects called strange stars.
Strange matter would be more stable than ordinary nuclear matter under extreme pressure.
It could turn anything it touches into more strange matter—a “strangelet” chain reaction.
This exotic state might explain puzzling pulsar behaviors that neutron star models can’t.
Strange matter is thought to have briefly existed after the Big Bang.
Detecting it would reveal new physics beyond the standard model of particles.
Some scientists suggest strange matter could be created in high-energy particle collisions.
If confirmed, it would rewrite our understanding of matter at the universe’s most extreme limits.