re: #363 CongoJack

I’d love to know (though I am likely not smart enough) what kind of elements would be created by that collision. I also wonder if those 2 starts combining would have enough mass and fission fuel to turn it back into a red dwarf or near a regular G type star.

I was reading that they were detecting heavier elements, including gold and platinum resulting from the collision.

The combination of the two neutron stars would result in a cataclysmic explosion but the mass is so dense that we’d see the formation of a black hole.

iflscience.com

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