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Most of ytterbium in Milky Way comes from supernovae

publication date02. 03. 2022
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New research shows that most of the element ytterbium in our universe was created in supernovae. The rest of ytterbium atoms comes from the last phases of evolution of stars similar to the Sun.

Supernova remnant E0102



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