Why scientists are rethinking how gold was made: Magnetars may be the universe’s first cosmic goldsmiths | – The Times of India

Why scientists are rethinking how gold was made: Magnetars may be the universe’s first cosmic goldsmiths | – The Times of India

For decades, scientists believed that gold and other heavy elements were born from the cataclysmic collision of neutron stars. These rare events, observed across the cosmos, seemed to provide the intense conditions required to forge such elements. However, new findings from NASA and the European Space Agency suggest that another, far more frequent process might…

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Mysterious cosmic object discovered in young star system could rewrite planet formation rules | – The Times of India

Mysterious cosmic object discovered in young star system could rewrite planet formation rules | – The Times of India

In a new discovery outlined in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, astronomers have identified a mysterious celestial body known as Companion Candidate 1 (CC1), orbiting within the young WISPIT 2 system. Initially observed during a study focused on the protoplanet WISPIT 2b, this intriguing object may represent either a dense dust clump reflecting long-wavelength light or…

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