Astro Alchemy: Where Rare Elements Come From

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How do you make gold? Simply bombard a nucleus with countless neutrons before it can decay.

Special Thanks to Prof. Rob Jeffries from the Keele Astrophysics Group for his expertise in this area.

Further reading:

r-process nucleosynthesis and kilonovae from hypermassive neutron star post-merger remnants -

The Complete Explanation of the Nuclear Magic Numbers -

JWST detection of heavy neutron capture elements in a compact object merger -