#HeavyElements

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5 days ago

Study Reveals How Neutron Star Mergers Spread Precious Metals Across the Universe Astrophysicists have studied a cosmic event that took place 8.5 billion light-years away, where two neutron stars collided, producing a short gamma-ray burst known as GRB 230906A. These binary neutron star mergers are among the most powerful explosions in the universe, releasing immense energy and creating heavy elements such as gold and platinum. The researchers used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the Hubble Space Telescope, and the Very Large Telescope in Chile to locate the explosion in a faint dwarf galaxy formed from material stripped away during a galaxy collision. This is the first time a neutron star merger has been linked to such a tidal environment, showing that these collisions can occur outside massive galaxies. The study sheds light on how heavy metals are distributed across the cosmos and suggests that galactic interactions play a key role in producing environments for these mergers. While the exact elements formed in this specific event remain unknown, upcoming observatories like the James Webb Space Telescope, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, and next-generation X-ray missions will enable more detailed studies. Future gravitational wave detectors, including the Einstein Telescope and Cosmic Explorer, will complement these observations, marking a new era in multimessenger astronomy and improving our understanding of the origins of elements that make up our world.

Study Reveals How Neutron Star Mergers Spread Precious Metals Across the Universe

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LBNL Nuclear Science Division

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7 months ago

🎙️ Check it out! 🎧 BBC Audio stopped by to learn more about our Heavy Element Program 🔍 and the quest to discover new elements 🌟. Stay tuned for the release of the full episode! 📻️
📷: Erich Leistenschneider
#HeavyElements #BBC #NuclearScience #Science

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Geekoo

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10 months ago

Magnetar Flares May Forge the Universe’s Heaviest Elements Flares from ultra-magnetized neutron stars, or magnetars, may be key contributors to the universe’s supply of heavy elements like gold and platinum, according to a new study from Ohio State University.

New cosmic twist: magnetar flares may be responsible for creating gold, platinum, and other heavy elements in the universe. #Magnetars #CosmicAlchemy #HeavyElements

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EarthSky

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10 months ago

A blue ball with fine streamers jetting out in one direction. There are green curved lines around the blue ball indicating magnetic field lines. Background is mostly black with some red nebulosity.

Where do #heavyelements come from? #Supernovas make them. But supernovas alone couldn't have created the abundance of heavy elements in the universe. Now it appears that flares from #magnetars are another important source of heavy elements in our universe. 🌌🔭
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Pure Science

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10 months ago

A Supermagnetized Star May Have Produced Gold, Platinum and Other Heavy Elements Flares from a supermagnetized star may have generated as much as 10 percent of our galaxy’s heavy elements.

A Supermagnetized Star May Have Produced Gold, Platinum and Other Heavy Elements #Science #Space #Astrophysics #Supernova #HeavyElements

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Pure Science

@purescience.news

10 months ago

A Planet’s Worth of Gold: Magnetar Flares Forge Universe’s Heaviest Elements All the science news you can handle in a single feed

A Planet’s Worth of Gold: Magnetar Flares Forge Universe’s Heaviest Elements #Science #Space #Astrophysics #MagnetarFlares #HeavyElements

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@newswise.bsky.social

1 year ago

Scientists Discover New Heavy-Metal Molecule ‘Berkelocene’ | Newswise Scientists have discovered “berkelocene,” the first organometallic molecule to be characterized containing the heavy element berkelium. The breakthrough disrupts long-held theories about the chemistry...

Scientists Discover New Heavy-Metal Molecule ‘Berkelocene’
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#heavyelements #transuranicelements #Berkelium #radioactive #elementscarbon #actinide #lanthanide #radioisotope #isotope #Nuclearwastestorage #nuclearwasteremediation #ChemicalBonding

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Apodsky

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1 year ago

Artist's illustration of two neutron stars spiraling into each other before colliding. This event is theorized to create heavy elements like gold and is also associated with short gamma-ray bursts. The image shows the dramatic moment just before the collision, with one neutron star appearing larger and more fiery than the other. The background is a deep, star-studded blue.

Astronomy Picture from 15/10/2017

On the Origin of Gold

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171015.html

#NeutronStarCollision #GoldOrigin #CosmicJewelry #SpaceExplosions #GammaRayBursts #Astrophotography #APOD #NASA #Astronomy #Science #Universe #NeutronStars #HeavyElements

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Apodsky

@nasapodsky.bsky.social

1 year ago

Artist's illustration of GRB090323's afterglow passing through two distant galaxies, revealing their unexpectedly high heavy element content, formed ~2 billion years after the Big Bang. Spectra show absorption lines indicating the galaxies' composition. The light travels 12 billion light-years to reach Earth.

Astronomy Picture from 24/11/2011

Caught in the Afterglow

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap111124.html

#GammaRayBurst #EarlyUniverse #GalaxyEvolution #GRB090323 #ESO #HeavyElements #StarFormation #Cosmology #Astrophysics #SpaceScience #Astronomy

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