Ancient stars made extraordinarily heavy elements
From North Carolina State University 20/12/23 How heavy can an element be? An international team of researchers has found that ancient stars were capable of producing elements with atomic masses greater than 260, heavier than any element on the periodic table found naturally on Earth. The finding deepens our understanding of element formation in stars. […]
First hints of nuclear fission in cosmos revealed by models, observations
From DOE/Los Alamos National Laboratory 20/12/23 The elements above iron on the periodic table are thought to be created in cataclysmic explosions like the merger of two neutron stars or in rare classes of supernovae. New research suggests fission may operate in the cosmos during the creation of the heavy elements. Combing through data on […]