An underground route to grasping the Milky Way’s oldest stars

An underground route to grasping the Milky Way’s oldest stars

Nuclear-fusion experiments performed deep under Earth’s surface reveal one possible scenario that could have resulted in the chemical abundances found in an ancient star in the Milky Way. Fusion experiments make sense of stellar chemistry.

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Published in:Nature (London) Vol. 610; no. 7933; pp. 640 - 641
Main Authors: Pignatari, Marco, Psaltis, Athanasios
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 27-10-2022
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Humanities and Social Sciences
multidisciplinary
News And Views
Science
Astronomy and astrophysics
Nuclear physics
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Summary:Nuclear-fusion experiments performed deep under Earth’s surface reveal one possible scenario that could have resulted in the chemical abundances found in an ancient star in the Milky Way. Fusion experiments make sense of stellar chemistry.
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ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/d41586-022-03367-3