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• Barium detected in an exoplanet atmosphere
  Using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (ESO's VLT), astronomers have discovered the heaviest element ever found in an exoplanet atmosphere - barium. They were surprised ...

• Collisions of neutron stars leads to new elements
  For the first time, astronomers have identified a chemical element that was freshly formed by the merging of two neutron stars. The underlying mechanism, called the r-process - also known as rapid ...