According to an article published by space.com, scientists have long believed gold and other materials are created in this way, but it wasn't until the recent collision that their theory was confirmed. "The origin of the really heaviest chemical elements in the universe had confused the scienti...
the recent collision that their theor y was confirme d."T he origin o f the really heaviest chemica I elements in the universe had confused the s cientific community for quite a long time," H ans-T homas Janka, a senior scientist at the Maz Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Ger ...
The NWA in the name stands for Northwest Africa. Themeteoritewas found in fragments in 2012 in the Moroccan desert. It is estimated to be 4.56 billion years old, about the age of Earth. The piece on display at the Peabody was sold to a private collector in Germany, Stefan Ralew, who ...