chemical elements
Cosmic fountain is polluting intergalactic space with 50 million suns’ worth of material
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Tremendous explosions in a galaxy close to the Milky Way are pouring material equivalent to around 50 million suns into its surroundings. ...
Astronomers discover the ingredients for habitable worlds — and maybe a cocktail — around two baby stars
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‘Deep learning’ could shed new light on supernova explosions — and our cosmic origins
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Astronomers have turned to deep learning to simulate cosmic explosions that occur when massive stars die, in order to improve their understanding ...
James Webb Space Telescope finds rare heavy chemical element from ‘kilonova’ explosion
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Astronomers using NASA’s powerful James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) just spotted tellurium, an element rarer than platinum is on Earth, in the ...
Massive cosmic explosion creates rare elements in space
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