James Webb Space Telescope finds neutron star mergers forge gold in the cosmos: 'It was thrilling'

SPACE.com ^ | 21 FEB 2024 | By Robert Lea

[Red Badger]

On Golden Ping!.......................

[citizen]

Can the JWT look at something remotefully meaningful? Like, in the area of our solar system...

But, I just have to admit, that is a bang-up job some graphic artist did on that illustration!

[citizen]

Ah, it’s Robin Dienel.

[Red Badger]

Somewhere out there in space is a solid gold asteroid..............

[Red Badger]

Who is that?............

[Right_Wing_Madman]

This confirmed that neutron star mergers do forge elements heavier than gold, and even confirms that long-GRBs can come from neutron star mergers.

Twenty years ago we thought supernovas created the heavy elements like gold. But physicists began to realize that supernovas don't create enough energy to form these elements and are instead dependent on a greater and more rare cosmological event: the collision of two neutron stars. The observations from the Webb telescope appear to confirm this theory.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Red Badger. Neutron stars make gold when they collide, Oldtron stars predict massive longterm rises in the price.

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[citizen]

Now what? Will we be able to turn lead into gold??

(and do we want to)

[Right_Wing_Madman]

Now what? Will we be able to turn lead into gold??

We can. We just need to find two dead collapsed supernovas and then knock them into each other like a cue ball and object ball.

[justme4now]

There are planets made of diamonds and even planets that rain diamonds!😮

[Mark17]

There are planets made of diamonds and even planets that rain diamonds!😮

Yes, but did anyone solve Korman’s enigma yet? 😆

[Noumenon]

Send out the Hoffmans. They’ll find a way to screw it up.

[DannyTN]

Going to have to get me some of that!!!

[ByteMercenary]

Mother Nature is the only real alchemist.

[NorthMountain]

We can already turn lead into gold, a few atoms at a time, in a particle accelerator.

The process costs more than the gold is worth ...

[COBOL2Java]

Somewhere out there in space is a solid gold asteroid..............

The Big Guy will want NASA to retrieve it so he can get his 10%

[Red Badger]

I despise even seeing a picture of that evil bassturd...................

[COBOL2Java]

I despise even seeing a picture of that evil bassturd...................

I find that looking at it cures my hiccups.

[The Louiswu]

Everything that can happen in the universe has or will happen because God wills it to happen. We merely look upon His work and marvel at its beauty and complexity. Thank you God for giving us a front row seat to your creation.