Neutron Stars Create Gold and Platinum in Their Wake Wall Art including Frame Android phone case X-ray data from the Chandra

X-ray data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory are shown in blue

whilst the red shimmer at the lower regions is comprised of glowing hydrogen

named HD 74804

rather like lumps of butter dropped onto a hot frying pan

Neutron Stars Create Gold and Platinum in Their Wake Wall Art including Frame Android phone case X-ray data from the ChandraThis illustration shows the hot, dense, expanding cloud of debris stripped from neutron stars just before they collided. This cloud produces a kilonova; that is an astronomical event that occurs when two neutron stars or a neutron star and a black hole merge into each other. This cloud shows the visible and infrared light. Within this neutron rich debris, large quantities of some of the universe's heaviest elements were forged, including hundreds of