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Dr. Victoria Grinberg

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" ⬇️

scientificamerican.com/article

#astrodon #astronomy #physics #scicomm

15 Dec 2022 at 7:18 | Open on mastodon.social
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radiocron

@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

15 Dec 2022 at 7:23 | Open on mastodon.social
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@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.

15 Dec 2022 at 7:45 | Open on toot.site
Alexander Rutz

@vicgrinberg What amazes me most is that the article she will write on January 1st 2023 is already readable now. Astrophysicists really are incredible.

15 Dec 2022 at 17:11 | Open on oslo.town
Reymond Aguinaldo
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