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Maybe instead of a cosmic scale nuclear waste stir fry there’s something orbiting or around that star making its spectrum look funny. Of course that’s just as

by api 2y ago

Maybe instead of a cosmic scale nuclear waste stir fry there’s something orbiting or around that star making its spectrum look funny. Of course that’s just as sus if not more. Aim JWST at that thing.

consumer451 2y ago
> Aim JWST at that thing. Yes please! It's less than 300M light-years away! It's crazy that we haven't done this from the ground recently. One of the issues is that it's in the Southern sky. According to Prof. David Kipping, ~"The guys who are into these weird things have somehow never heard about this star, it just got lost in the shuffle." Also, Kipping mentioned that some of the research was Czech-based, and not in English, which may have also been a factor. My very uneducated guess was that two planet-like objects smashed, and there is some cloud around the star which gave those weird spectrographs? However, this makes my dumb theory sound unlikely: https://youtu.be/maMDGZOD3mI?t=435 https://youtu.be/maMDGZOD3mI?t=435 TL:DW; Shortlived elements like Einsteinium should not be there. We really need to take a closer look.
- Qem 2y ago
  > My very uneducated guess was that two planet-like objects smashed, and there is some cloud around the star which gave those weird spectrographs? Another guess: it got close to a neutron star merger, and was showered with high atomic number debris. Heavy elements can be produced in mergers of such stars.
  - consumer451 2y ago
    Something which might align with this guess is that this type of star apparently has an extremely strong magnetic field which could trap, and excite those particles? However, assuming that it's not misidentification, would it be fair to say that new physics would have to be discovered to explain things like Americium and Einsteinium?
    - Qem 2y ago
      > One such theory is that the star contains some long-lived nuclides from the island of stability (such as 298Fl or 304Ubn) and that the observed short-lived actinides are the daughters of these progenitors, occurring in secular equilibrium with their parents.
      - consumer451 2y ago
        Yes, thanks. So "the island of stability" is currently only predicted. [0] This star appears to be so exciting. Whatever the answer is, it is going to push the boundaries of knowledge. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_stability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_stability
- api 2y ago
  Another wild speculation: is a super heavy fission star even possible? Or one with both fission and fusion happening?

by api 2y ago

consumer451 2y ago

> Aim JWST at that thing. Yes please! It's less than 300M light-years away! It's crazy that we haven't done this from the ground recently. One of the issues is that it's in the Southern sky. According to Prof. David Kipping, ~"The guys who are into these weird things have somehow never heard about this star, it just got lost in the shuffle." Also, Kipping mentioned that some of the research was Czech-based, and not in English, which may have also been a factor. My very uneducated guess was that two planet-like objects smashed, and there is some cloud around the star which gave those weird spectrographs? However, this makes my dumb theory sound unlikely: https://youtu.be/maMDGZOD3mI?t=435 https://youtu.be/maMDGZOD3mI?t=435 TL:DW; Shortlived elements like Einsteinium should not be there. We really need to take a closer look.

Qem 2y ago
> My very uneducated guess was that two planet-like objects smashed, and there is some cloud around the star which gave those weird spectrographs? Another guess: it got close to a neutron star merger, and was showered with high atomic number debris. Heavy elements can be produced in mergers of such stars.
- consumer451 2y ago
  Something which might align with this guess is that this type of star apparently has an extremely strong magnetic field which could trap, and excite those particles? However, assuming that it's not misidentification, would it be fair to say that new physics would have to be discovered to explain things like Americium and Einsteinium?
  - Qem 2y ago
    > One such theory is that the star contains some long-lived nuclides from the island of stability (such as 298Fl or 304Ubn) and that the observed short-lived actinides are the daughters of these progenitors, occurring in secular equilibrium with their parents.
    - consumer451 2y ago
      Yes, thanks. So "the island of stability" is currently only predicted. [0] This star appears to be so exciting. Whatever the answer is, it is going to push the boundaries of knowledge. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_stability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_stability
api 2y ago
Another wild speculation: is a super heavy fission star even possible? Or one with both fission and fusion happening?