
JWST surprises the world with the discovery of neutron stars colliding | By Ethan Siegel | Start with an explosion! | February 2025
The universe itself, through a variety of nuclear processes that involve stars and star remains, as well as other media, can naturally produce almost 100 elements of the periodic table. It is known that the mergers of neutron stars produce the heaviest elements, such as gold, in great abundance, but the fusion rate of the…