At last, a possible explanation for the Milky Way’s heavy elements from 13 billion years ago
These mergers involve the mashup of the remnants of two massive stars in a binary system. Back then, not enough time had passed for neutron star mergers to have even occurred. Thus, another source was needed to explain the presence of early heavy elements in the Milky Way. Only 1% of stars in the galaxy are found in the halo. 40% off TNW Conference! This process produces heavy elements. Binary star systems have two stars orbiting around a common centre of mass....