For the first time, astronomers have definitively ID’d a specific heavy element forged by a neutron star merger. Theories of physics have long predicted that about half of the universe’s heavy ...
Scientists detected strontium in the aftermath of a dead-star collision. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For the first time, ...
Kilonova: artist’s impression of merging neutron stars. (Courtesy: University of Warwick/Mark Garlick) The first spectroscopic evidence that heavy elements are created by the merger of two neutron ...
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