[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!

[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.

[DannyTN]

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

[ByteMercenary]

Mother Nature is the only real alchemist.

[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.

[Nateman]

When two neutron stars hit each other it must be something like splashing water. Big chunks go flying out into into space then bust up into smaller pieces like popcorn because their gravity is no longer strong enough to hold them together. Elements way beyond the Periodic table continue to break up until it gets down to stable bits. If there are any islands of stability beyond Uranium this is the place to look for it.

[Scrambler Bob]

I expect to see Gold Mining towns (or bitcoin mining operations) abandoned instantly.

The miners will fight to get on the boats (spaceships?) to the Cosmos to find their new fortune.

Hmmm. I’ve seen this before.