[AMBER-Developers] public outreach: heavy elements and neutron star collisions

From: Scott Brozell <sbrozell.rci.rutgers.edu>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 14:04:40 -0400

Hi,

Gravitational and electromagnetic waves have been detected in
succession for the first time from a cosmic explosive event:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/neutron-star-collision-offers-new-source-gravitational-waves/

Watch an animation of a binary neutron star coalescence:
https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171016.html

which are a likely source of heavy elements such as gold.
See the periodic table colored by cosmic origin of element genesis:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleosynthesis

Read about the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of
gravitational waves - another confirmation of Einstein's scientific
theory of general relativity:
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/astronomy-news/2017-nobel-goes-gravitational-waves/

scott


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