Object 144: Heavy Metals

Update: 2025-02-17

Description

The stars in the open cluster NGC 6253 contain abnormally large amounts of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium, and no one is quite certain why.

Comments

In Channel

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Object 145: Neutron Numbers Time

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Object 144: Heavy Metals

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Object 144: Heavy Metals

George Bendo

Object 144: Heavy Metals