How do priceless jewels develop in the cosmos?
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| How do priceless jewels develop in the cosmos? |
Platinum and gold are produced as a result of neutron star fusion. It turned out that over the past 2.5 billion years, neutron star mergers produced more heavy metals than black hole collisions.
The initial analysis of heavy metal yields following the two different merger types has been done. Neutron stars are already referred to by the paper's authors as a cosmic "gold mine" of heavy elements.
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