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#378 – Anna Frebel: Origin and Evolution of the Universe, Galaxies, and Stars

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The Creation of Heavy Nuclei in the Universe

In astronomy, we show how galaxy forms 13 billion years and 30 seconds. This is the opposite. Me showing you this, the elements are long, long made. Neutron stars form in the making of supernovae of the explosions. And so it's not too unusual to create a pair of neutron stars that will still orbit each other after both of their progenitor stars have exploded. But as we know now thanks to LIGO, the gravitational wave observatory.

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