Tag: nucleosynthesis

• Colliders fit for gods

  Neutron stars — the incredibly dense, weird remnants of stars more massive than the Sun — are like nothing on Earth. They occupy a corner of physics where strong gravity, high temperature, and intense nuclear forces combine. And when two neutron stars collide, they create some of the most powerful explosions in the cosmos, prosaically…

  Matthew R. Francis

  September 24, 2014

  Astronomy, Cosmology

  gamma ray bursts, neutron stars, nucleosynthesis