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Pun intended, but still a serious question.

Would a neutron matter? (Pun also intended, but also serious)

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[โ€“] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There's an xkcd about this, it would basically become a nuke near the speed of light

[โ€“] Malgas 5 points 1 day ago

It's the first What If?, even:

https://what-if.xkcd.com/1/

[โ€“] SmokeInFog@midwest.social 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

PBS SpaceTime has a great video about this topic (see @ ~7min to get your specific question)

[โ€“] bamboo@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

Link with timestamp for the lazy: https://youtu.be/wdP_UDSsuro?t=420

[โ€“] JASN_DE@feddit.org 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes. For the effects, look up pictures of the damage that space debris has on spacecrafts.

[โ€“] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

Mind to post your favourite example?

[โ€“] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

The fastest human made object moves at 1/1000 of the speed of light