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Mackaj

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My first thought was: how do elements created from merging neutron stars escape? I know they're insanely dense with gravity some 2 billion times stronger than the Earth.

So I googled it and discovered that material is still ejected in an event called a "kilonova". So named because its peak brightness is about 1000 times that of a typical nova.

It's impossible to imagine the energy involved in events like that.

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botsin.spaceAstronomy Picture of the Day (@APoD@botsin.space)Attached: 1 image Where Your Elements Came From Image Credit & License: Wikipedia: Cmglee; Data: Jennifer Johnson (OSU) https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230108.html #APOD