N.C. State: Ancient Stars Made Extraordinarily Heavy Elements
December 08, 2023
December 08, 2023
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 8 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release:
How heavy can an element be? An international team of researchers has found that ancient stars were capable of producing elements with atomic masses greater than 260, heavier than any element on the periodic table found naturally on Earth. The finding deepens our understanding of element formation in stars.
We are, literally, made of star stuff. Stars are eleme . . .
How heavy can an element be? An international team of researchers has found that ancient stars were capable of producing elements with atomic masses greater than 260, heavier than any element on the periodic table found naturally on Earth. The finding deepens our understanding of element formation in stars.
We are, literally, made of star stuff. Stars are eleme . . .