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First-seen neutron star collision creates light, gravitational waves and gold
CNN ^ | October 16, 2017 | Ashley Strickland

Posted on 10/16/2017 7:55:20 AM PDT by C19fan

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This really is a BIG DEAL. The event is generating thousands of scientific papers. One of the videos I watched showed some Astronomers grinning over the spectra results. It was a curve unlike anything they have ever seen before. Since a neutron star is essentially a giant atomic nucleus an event like this gets enormous nuclear chunks tossed out into space . Imagine extending the Periodic Chart of Elements way past anything our puny accelerators could ever make.

Another interesting result is the lack of neutrinos detected. The excuse is that the hot jet formed was not pointing our way but given the temperatures involved neutron emission should have been huge, yet nothing was seen here!

41 posted on 10/16/2017 8:26:04 PM PDT by Nateman (Cruz haters piss me off! How about concentrating your fire on the bad guys, like the left?)
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