A small rock pulled from the Pacific seafloor in 1976 is giving scientists new clues about an ancient cosmic event. #astrophysics #geology #cosmicevents
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Plutonium in Earth Rocks Signals Long-ago Cosmic Collision
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. The resulting energetic kilonova sent a rain of long-lived elements, such as isotopes of plutonium, through space. Eventually, this stellar



