Yet Again- Asimov

     I'm still reading The Collapsing Universe. This is not quite as pathetic as it may seem, for I have not been reading it consistently. I should be done within the time-frame of the weekend though... Either way, I think that I've had the liberty of adding yet another 'favorite thing' to my extremely short list (which, of course, excludes everything that doesn't have to do with reality... then the list would be rather lengthy...) .
1. Black holes
2. Saturn and *drum roll*
3. Neutron stars
     Neutron stars are not only made out of compressed neutrons, they are also made out of condensed awesome. I use this word in both its true and in its modern meaning. Neutron stars are huge. They are not, by any means, massive, but their gravitational pull is very, very intense... and, they are ridiculously dense (a neutron star with a diameter of 14 kilometers [which is not small for a neutron star] has an approximate density of 1,400,000,000,000,000 g/cm cubed). And, neutron stars are fascinating. Anyway, back to the gravity though... A neutron star is basically the result of a star thats' outward push of its electromagnetic field can no longer withstand the inwards gravitational pull. It then begins to collapse and the matter is then compressed (explaining the density). Because the protons and electrons are smashed into each other, they cancel out each other's charge and they are neutral thus, the entire star becomes comprised entirely of neutrons and is therefore a neutron star. The inwards collapse then comes to a halt because the neutrons are pushed so closely together that the nuclear force overrides the gravitational pull (which is very strong because the closer one is to the center of any body of relatively large mass, the more intense the gravity becomes). A person weighing 70 kilograms on earth would weigh 20 trillion kilograms on a neutron star with a 14 kilometer diameter.
     I want to write more, I truly, truly do. But, I cannot due to the fact that if I start to go into tidal waves and other things in regard to neutron stars I really, really wouldn't be able to stop. That's what I like about astronomy the most; you'll think that you're fairly knowledgeable in regard to a specific topic but then you'll find one unknown law or term that will lead to dozens of new pieces of information. The other thing that I really like about astronomy is that it all makes sense and it entirely logical and, anybody who knows me knows that I'm fairly obsessed with logic... and another thing that I love about astronomy is that it feels as though the amount of information it offers me is in an  abundance.
    Because I adore astronomy so (along with other genres of non-fiction) I've been thinking that perhaps I want to devote this blog to my discoveries. Because the books are usually a bit dense, I can dedicated 2 or 3 posts to a book and can explain things as I go along so that I can feel like I'm making an actual connection with whomever may give my posts a glance. If anybody else is also interested in astronomy, I would like to know, we could swap information and that would be very, very pleasant.