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Plutonium in Earth Rocks Signals Long-ago Cosmic Collision

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June 18, 2026 • 48 views
Original source: Universe Today

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, ...

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