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NASA discovers two stars colliding so violently that they created gold
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has detected two neutron stars colliding so violently that they may be creating gold in space.
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Space science
New discovery: Collisions of neutron stars produce heavy elements of strontium
Astronomers have discovered the collision of two neutron stars in 2017 creating a heavy element of strontium alongside gold, lead and platinum.
Space science
The thousand-star explosion shot gold, silver and platinum throughout the universe
NASA researchers discovered traces of a thousand-star explosion 1.7 billion light-years from Earth.
Space science
Decoding the origin of phenomena
Astronomers say the Hubble Space Telescope telescope has detected a gamma-ray burst from the event named kilonova, temporarily translated.