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   From: alt.fan.jai-maharaj@googlegroups.com   
      
   Astronomers just discovered a rare dwarf galaxy that's   
   loaded with precious elements   
      
   Stars packed with gold, platinum, and silver.   
      
   Bec Crew   
   ScienceAlert, sciencealert.com   
   Monday, May 23, 2016   
      
   Scientists have been searching for the origin of some of   
   the most precious metals on Earth - including gold,   
   silver, and platinum - for almost six decades. And now we   
   might finally have the answer.   
      
   Heavy, and often valuable elements like these are called   
   r-process elements, and they require an incredible amount   
   of energy to produce. So far, no one's been able to   
   explain how they came to exist in the Universe.   
      
   But the discovery that an ancient dwarf galaxy called   
   Reticulum II -- about 98,000 light-years from Earth --   
   has stars that contain a "whopping" amount of these   
   metals could finally bring an end to this mystery.   
      
   "Understanding how heavy, r-process elements are formed   
   is one of hardest problems in nuclear physics," said one   
   of the team, physicist Anna Frebel from MIT.   
      
   Continues at:   
      
   http://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-just-discovered-a-rare-d   
   arf-galaxy-is-loaded-with-precious-elements   
      
   Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi   
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