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Cosmic 'gold factory' relic possibly found in Milky Way by China-US team

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A collaborative team of Chinese and US astronomers has identified a mysterious glow in the Milky Way that may be the remnant of a rare cosmic event. This glow could be the result of a collision between two neutron stars, an event so powerful it might have briefly outshone Jupiter. The collision is theorized to have created heavy elements like gold and platinum before collapsing into a black hole, with the event likely occurring within the last millennium. AI

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Cosmic 'gold factory' relic possibly found in Milky Way by China-US team

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Ling Xin ·

    China-US astronomy team may have found possible relic of a recent ‘gold factory’

    A mysterious glow of high-energy light in our Milky Way galaxy could be the remains of an extremely rare cosmic “gold factory”, according to a new study by Chinese and US researchers. The collision of two orbiting neutron stars – dead stars so dense that a teaspoon of their matte…

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