Gregory's Server
If you are more academically inclined, here is a great article discussing the details: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0301
Triggered by a recent 3 min talk I gave, discussing the motivation to study the life of massive stars.
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@vicgrinberg my dad got me a subscription when I was 12. I regret I didn't save the old issues, I think it was much better then, and thinker, but I'm glad it hasn't faded away. #ScientificAmerican @vicgrinberg Great article. It's doing a good job explaining the concepts behind this phenomenon. It's amazing what we can detect nowadays and how much of it actually matches our expectations. Colliding neutron stars! Wow. @vicgrinberg What amazes me most is that the article she will write on January 1st 2023 is already readable now. Astrophysicists really are incredible. |
But how do merging neutron stars produce that gold (or platinum or tungsten) on your finger? Sanjana Curtis has written a great Scientific American feauture article on "How Star Collisions Forge the Universe’s Heaviest Elements" ⬇️
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-star-collisions-forge-the-universes-heaviest-elements/
#astrodon #astronomy #physics #scicomm