The article focuses on one event, the "BOAT" -- an exceptionally bright supernova, but one which doesn't seem to have been very productive. > "Using the telesc

The article focuses on one event, the "BOAT" -- an exceptionally bright supernova, but one which doesn't seem to have been very productive. > "Using the telescope’s Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), the team looked at the elements typically seen in supernovae. The signal wasn’t particularly bright, indicating that the supernova that yielded the brightest gamma ray burst ever seen wasn’t superlative itself." The implicit, unanswered question: Is there evidence of gold/platinum/osmium/etc. formation following other observed supernovae? And another that's left very vague: If we can rule supernovas out, what are the plausible physical mechanisms that might be behind their relative abundance? Also note: The stars of the early universe were very large, very bright monsters. [1] It's plausible that early universe supernovas are somehow qualitatively different from contemporary supernovas. [1] - https://www.livescience.com/the-early-universe-was-crammed-with-stars-10000-times-the-size-of-our-sun-new-study-suggests https://www.livescience.com/the-early-universe-was-crammed-w...