A question my son asked: Can every ball bounce?

[Gambit]

See, that's what got me to thinking in the first place. I know a rubber ball and a ping pong ball can bounce. Then I was thinking, a steel ball will bounce too, if dropped from a great enough height, as long as it doesn't shatter the surface it impacts. So then I was thinking, what about something with an extremely dense mass. Is there any ball shaped objects in the universe, which are so heavy that they would never bounce. Furthermore, are there any ball shaped objects, with properties that I am not aware of, which would make it impossible for them to bounce. Basically, my understanding is completely based on force, acceleration and resistance. There may not be any other factors involved, and maybe this really is just a dumb question, but I'm curious none the less.