  From recent reports on terrestrial heavy ion collision experiments it appears
that one may not obtain information about the existence of asymptotic freedom
(AF) and chiral symmetry restoration (CSR) for quarks of QCD at high density.
This information may still be obtained from compact stars - if they are made up
of strange quark matter. Very high gravitational redshift lines (GRL), seen
from some compact stars, seem to suggest high ratios of mass and radius (M/R)
for them. This is suggestive of strange stars (SS) and can in fact be fitted
very well with SQM equation of state deduced with built in AF and CSR. In some
other stars broad absorption bands appear at about ~ 0.3 keV and multiples
thereof, that may fit in very well with resonance with harmonic compressional
breathing mode frequencies of these SS. Emission at these frequencies are also
observed in six stars. If these two features of large GRL and BAB were observed
together in a single star, it would strengthen the possibility for the
existence of SS in nature and would vindicate the current dogma of AF and CSR
that we believe in QCD. Recently, in 4U 1700-24, both features appear to be
detected, which may well be interpreted as observation of SS - although the
group that analyzed the data did not observe this possibility. We predict that
if the shifted lines, that has been observed, are from neon with GRL shift z =
0.4 - then the compact object emitting it is a SS of mass 1.2 M_sun and radius
7 km. In addition the fit to the spectrum leaves a residual with broad dips at
0.35 keV and multiples thereof, as in 1E1207-5209 which is again suggestive of
SS.
