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Stars and solar physics

Stars and solar physics

Neutron-rich tantalum offers a view of how heavy elements are forged

01 Dec 2020
Core collapse supernova
Element forge: Hubble Space Telescope image of the remnant of the core collapse supernova SN 1987A, which appeared in the Large Magellanic Cloud in 1987. (Courtesy: NASA/ESA/P Challis and R Kirshner (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics))
A beam of neutron-rich tantalum ions has been created for the first time by an international team of

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