Friday, July 19, 2013

Eureka! Gold in universe forged by dead, crashing neutron stars

Astronomers panning the heavens for glints of gamma-ray bursts have struck gold. No, really. They found gold -- so much of it, in fact, that they say they could potentially account for the universe's entire reserve of the precious metal prized by Earthlings for jewelry and industrial uses alike.



via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/sez9zRSs9N8/la-sci-sn-gold-universe-colliding-neutron-stars-astronomers-20130717,0,5750465.story

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