How can Degenerate Matter be stored?

In multiple sci-fi, Degenerate Matter is often used for a myriad of applications. Degenerate Matter consists of Neutronium, Quarkonium and other matter coming from dense stars. They have high strength, and are very, very dense.

As one said, a teaspoonful of Neutronium could be millions to billions of tonnes.

However, a small problem that reduces its usefulness is its insane instability in regular pressure. It is said that Degenerate Matter in general can only be stable in their own home stars, and in Earth, they will immediately explode into energy, such that nukes look small in comparison.

And in Earth, they say that to keep it stable, ridiculous amounts of pressure is required, far beyond labatory pressures currently possible. Also, extremely low temperatures are necessary.

The latter is easy, but the former is obviously a nearly impossible challenge.

Thus, I ask if there is any alternate way to store Degenerate Matter that needs not such ridiculous pressures, or a machine that could theoretically generate such pressures.

- One might point out that such high pressures are also what creates Degenerate Matter in the first place. Assume that the Degenerate Matter can be made with means other than super-high pressure, like Femtotechnology or being collected from stars.

- If you propose a machine that can provide such pressures to store the Degenerate Matter, than it can also create it, so good.

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