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I have a question: is there any way to accurately "visualize" the phenomenon of electron degeneracy pressure? I understand that the main concept behind it is the Pauli Exclusion Principle. However, I was reading about the Chandrasekhar limit, and that it's derived from the fact that although a white dwarf bears immense gravitational inward pressure, the degeneracy pressure prevents collapse (for stars' masses <= 1.44 solar masses). I can roughly visualize an image of extreme external pressure from gravity. However, I was wondering if there was a way to visualize the degeneracy pressure. (I know Quantum mechanics is extremely abstract, but I was hoping that there might be a possible way of picturing the degeneracy pressure).