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Some dead stars may harbor enough uranium to set off a thermonuclear bomb – Science Magazine
Theory posits that white dwarfs accumulate large amounts of the weapons-grade element over their lifetimes
A planetary nebula results from a Sun-like star shedding its outer layers at the end of its life. In the center is the compact stellar remnant, known as a white dwarf.
NASA; ESA; K. Noll/STScI
By Adam MannMar. 18, 2021 , 3:35 PM
A thermonuclear bomb might be ticking deep in the cores of some dead stars. A new theoretical study traces out how certain stellar corpses known as white dwarfs could accumulate a critical mass of uranium that would trigger a massive supernova explosion.
The findings could…
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