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Some of Earth’s Gold Came From Two Neutron Stars That Collided Billions of Years Ago

By: RAS_WEB
On: May 7, 2019
In: News, RSSfeeds, Universe Today

Some of Earth’s Gold Came From Two Neutron Stars That Collided Billions of Years Ago

A new study has shown that a good deal of Earth’s heaviest elements may have come from a nearby neutron star collision billions of years ago.

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