Revealing secret of lithium-rich stars by monitoring their heartbeats – Phys.org

Lithium is an ancient element that is almost as old as the universe itself. Though one of the building blocks of our present-day universe, lithium’s presence in many celestial bodies often conflicts with predictions of classic theories.
Lithium-rich stars, which account for only 1% of the total number of the low-mass evolved stars, is one example of such conflict. They preserve up to thousands of times more lithium than normal stars, and astronomers are wondering what these lithium-rich stars r…

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