Nuclear fission has been observed for the first time in a cosmic setting. Evidence from stellar observations links neutron star mergers to superheavy element formation that then breaks apart, seeding galaxies with lighter heavy elements.

#Nucleosynthesis #NeutronStarMerger #Cosmos

Scientific Frontline vor 2 Min. • @sflorg@mastodon.social #Neutrinos are fundamental particles that interact weakly with other matter, and come in three flavors, named for the other particles they associate with: electron, muon and tau. #Astrophysics #Physics #sflorg sflorg.com/2025/09/asph0921250... • • • Mixing neutrinos of colliding neutron stars changes how merger unfolds New simulations reveal that neutrino flavor transformations alter composition and signals of what's left a... www.sflorg.com🖖

Bildbeschreibung (Deutsch): Die Darstellung zeigt ein energetisches Interferenz-feld, in dem Schwingungen verschiedener Intensität und Farbe ineinander übergehen - Sinnbild für Neu-trino-Oszillationen bei der Kollision von Neutronen-sternen. Im Kontext der Ontologie der Schwingung steht dieses Bild nicht für Spekulation, sondern für den wissenschaftlichen Versuch, die Welt von ihren Ursachen her zu verstehen: Schwingung als Grundprinzip, das Energie, Information und Materie verbindet. Ähnlich wie Platons Höhlengleichnis die Grenze menschlicher Wahrnehmung beschreibt, öffnet dieser Ansatz den Raum für eine Erweiterung wissenschaftlicher Denksysteme. Q.E.D. - Quod Erat Demonstrandum. Image Description (English): The illustration depicts an energetic interference field where vibrations of different intensities and colors merge-an analogy to neutrino oscillations in colliding neutron stars. Within the framework of the Ontology of Vibration, this image does not symbolize speculation, but a scientific attempt to understand reality from its origins: vibration as the fundamental principle connecting energy, information, and matter. Much like Plato's allegory of the cave reveals the limits of human perception, this perspective challenges science to expand the boundaries of its conceptual systems. Q.E.D. - Quod Erat Demonstrandum 🖖

When even neutrinos …

almost invisible vibration particles …

through oscillation determine the birth of new elements after a #NeutronStarMerger, it shows that …

#VibrationShapesReality

#OntologyOfVibration thus becomes the cosmic blueprint, where even the smallest steers the greatest.

#QED 🖖

Hubble Space Telescope image of galaxy NGC 4993 showing the fading optical counterpart (reddish dot, upper left of center) to the gravitational wave event GW170817. This event, likely a kilonova resulting from a neutron star merger, was the first detection of both gravitational waves and electromagnetic waves from the same event, providing crucial insights into the universe's formation of heavy elements and distance scales.

Astronomy Picture from 23/10/2017

NGC 4993: The Galactic Home of an Historic Explosion

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap171023.html


#NeutronStarMerger #GW170817 #Kilonova #GravitationalWaves #HubbleSpaceTelescope #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Space #GalaxyNGC4993