Tag: nucleosynthesis

• Colliding neutron stars could make heavy nuclei

  Short-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are likely the collision of two neutron stars (or possibly a neutron star-black hole pair), based on the light they emit and the places they occur. Neutron stars are the extremely dense remains of the cores of stars more massive than the Sun; when they collide, they release a lot of…

  Matthew R. Francis

  July 18, 2013

  Astronomy

  gamma ray bursts, neutron stars, nucleosynthesis