The recently confirmed hypothesis that heavy elements are created as a consequence of a violent two-neutron star merger.
You mean to tell me that the gold, silver and platinum in my jewelry and the plutonium used in atomic weapons were made in the merger of neutron stars?
Yup, it's called kilonova nucleosynthesis; you get powerful gravitational waves also...check out LIGO!
Yup, it's called kilonova nucleosynthesis; you get powerful gravitational waves also...check out LIGO!
by YAWA October 16, 2017
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