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We get heavier elements from supernovas, ergo, I don't see how neutron star collisions are a requirement to explain our composition. Citation?
by AceyMan 4y ago
We get heavier elements from supernovas, ergo, I don't see how neutron star collisions are a requirement to explain our composition. Citation?
- Zigurd 4y agoI guess my habit of listening to PBS SpaceTime is paying off. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ac26c6 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/ac26c6
- gameswithgo 4y agoCurrent belief is many elements can’t be made by supernova and would require neutron star collisions
- shagie 4y agoNot all heavier elements are from supernovae. This is known as nucleosynthesis ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleosynthesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleosynthesis ) and there are a number of different origins of elements. Exploding massive stars really only get you up to Rb (atomic number 37).