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Sunday, 23 May 2021

Extraterrestrial Plutonium Found On Ocean Floor 23MAY2021

Extraterrestrial Plutonium Found On Ocean Floor

Freshly Made Plutonium From Outer Space Found On Ocean Floor
By Nell Greengrocer, NPR, May 13, 2021
https://www.wrkf.org/2021-05-13/freshly-made-plutonium-from-outer-space-found-on-ocean-floor

Scientists Find Plutonium Made in Outer Space on Ocean Floor Research suggests the rare, heavy element may have been created by the collision of two neutron stars, Smithsonian Magazine
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/scientists-find-plutonium-made-outer-space-deep-sea-crust-180977739/

The paper is:

Wallner, A., Froehlich, M.B., Hotchkis, M.A.C., Kinoshita, N., Paul, M., Martschini, M., Pavetich, S., Tims, S.G., Kivel, N., Schumann, D. and Honda, M., 2021. 
60Fe and 244Pu deposited on Earth constrain the r-process yields of recent nearby supernovae. 
Science, 372(6543), pp.742-745.
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/372/6543/742.abstract

Yours,

Paul H.

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