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Astronomers discover heavy elements after bright gamma-ray burst from neutron star merger

An international team of astronomers -- including Clemson University astrophysicist Dieter Hartmann -- obtained observational evidence for the creation of rare heavy elements in the aftermath of a cataclysmic explosion triggered by the merger of two neutron stars. The massive explosion unleashed a gamma-ray burst, GRB230307A, the second brightest in 50 years of observations and...

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