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"it starts decaying into normal matter" Thanks - I had managed to miss the fact that being made in a neutron star collision implies that things like gold were
by arethuza 6y ago
"it starts decaying into normal matter"
Thanks - I had managed to miss the fact that being made in a neutron star collision implies that things like gold were once part of neutron stars.
I think this exceeds the coolness of having been in a supernova.
- ahazred8ta 6y agoThe collision is messy and it splatters a huge amount of neutronium into space. This dissociates into a very hot mist of heavy elements, which eventually mixes into the surrounding nebula. The proto-solar disk was formed from this mixture.