Associated Press
See What is ‘The Most Spectacular Fireworks in the Universe’
Tuesday, October 17, 2017,
By Sawyer Kamman
When two neutron stars collided, scientists called 鈥渢he most spectacular fireworks in the universe.鈥� This crash also answered many previously unknown questions, especially the birth of heavy metals such as gold and platinum.聽 Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman professor of physics, talked to the Associated Press about this discovery.
鈥淭his is getting everything you wish for,鈥� he said. 鈥淭his is our fantasy observation. We see the gold being formed,鈥� Brown said.