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#UniverseToday:
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Plutonium in Earth Rocks Signals Long-ago Cosmic Collision
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"A small lump of rock pulled up from the Pacific Ocean seafloor in 1976 is giving scientists new clues about an ancient cosmic event. More than a hundred million years ago, two neutron stars collided. .."

https://www.universetoday.com/articles/plutonium-in-earth-rocks-signals-long-ago-cosmic-collision

18.6.2026

#ANSTO #Astrophysik #Cm247 #Curium247 #Eisen60 #Elementsynthese #Ferromangankruste #HZDR #Isotop
#Mangankruste #Plutonium244 #Pu244 #rProzess #Supernova #Tiefsee #Universum

#HZDR:
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Kosmische Zeitzeugen

Radionuklide in Tiefseeprobe deuten auf uraltes kosmisches Ereignis hin
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".. in einer Mangankruste aus der Tiefsee seltene radioaktive Isotope nachgewiesen und damit neue Einblicke in die Entstehung der schwersten Elemente im Universum gewonnen .."

https://www.hzdr.de/db/Cms?pNid=99&pOid=77856

15.6.2026

#ANSTO #Astrophysik #Curium247 #Eisen60 #Elementsynthese #Ferromangankruste #Isotop #Mangankruste #Plutonium244 #rProzess #Supernova #Tiefsee #Universum

Cosmic witnesses: An international research team led by #HZDR has detected #rare radioactive #isotopes in a #deep-sea manganese crust, providing new insights into the formation of the heaviest elements in the #universe.
#DREAMS #HIAF #ANU #VEGA #ANSTO

▶️ www.hzdr.de/presse/kosmische_zeitzeugen

Image: B. Schröder/HZDR/ NASA, ESA, J. Hester, A. Loll (ASU)