Freshly-Synthesized Strontium Detected in Neutron Star Merger

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Kavanagh
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24 Oct 2019 7:49:06 UTC
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    Only indirectly associated with gravity waves I none the less think it is topical.

    http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/freshly-synthesized-strontium-neutron-star-merger-07728.html

    Richard

    Mike Hewson
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    What a marvelous piece of

    24 Oct 2019 11:04:41 UTC
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      What a marvelous piece of work. Bash two neutron stars together and out come newly minted elements. I suppose all manner of other nuclear species produced like this await discovery too.

      Cheers, Mike

      I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter ...

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      I wonder if life, or at least

      24 Oct 2019 14:14:06 UTC
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        I wonder if life, or at least intelligent life (so-called) is dependent on the heavy elements? If so, that would place a lower bound on the time for evolution of some species.  Other phenomena will place an upper bound.  This could get interesting.

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