Question: Are starquakes and neutron stars different on a large scale or a smaller one?

Connor Macrae answered on 14 Jun 2015:

I’m not too sure what you are asking unfortunately! If you comment with a clarification I will be happy to answer properly!

Starquakes do occur on Neutron stars, in fact they have actually been observed on neutron stars unlike other stars where they are still only theoretical. The difference between the quakes on stars like the Sun and neutron stars is that neutron stars have a much more solid surface, like the Earth, called a crust. So, magnetically active Neutron stars (called magnetars) sometimes undergo massive flares which leave the crust realing from the impact. In fact, one such observed explosion is thought to be the largest explosion seen by humans since the 1604 supernova!