[meteorite-list] Neutron-Star Collision Reveals Origin of Gold (Great Video)

From: Paul <etchplain_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:09:22 -0600
Message-ID: <5c4decd9-d482-d356-83e5-235ca0ec97a8_at_att.net>

Neutron star collisions may have created most of the
gold in the universe All that glitters is a neutron star collision.
By Mary Beth Griggs, Popular Science, October 18, 2017
 ?https://www.popsci.com/neutron-star-gold

Neutron-Star Collision Reveals Origin of Gold, Astronomers Say
By Jesse Emspak, Live Science, October 17, 2017
https://www.livescience.com/60701-ligo-neutron-stars-heavy-metals-gold.html

Colliding Neutron Stars, Gravity Waves, and the Origin
of the Heavy Elements, Jan. 24, 2018, video
Dr. Eliot Quataert (University of California, Berkeley)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6qWhOtRxtU

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Thu 15 Feb 2018 06:09:22 PM PST