In astrophysics and nuclear physics, nuclear pasta is a theoretical type of degenerate matter that is postulated to exist within the crusts of neutron stars. Wikipedia

Forms of matter hypothesized to exist in the crust of neutron stars Wikipedia Disambiguation

Degenerate matter within the crusts of neutron stars which forms complex structures said to resemble pasta Wikidata

A type of degenerate matter found within the crusts of neutron stars, where the competition between nuclear attraction and Coulomb repulsion forces of similar magnitude allows for the formation of a variety of complex structures assembled from neutrons and protons. Wiktionary