The world looks different after today's big neutron star collision discovery

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My grandmother died in 2013. 

She was a stubborn, brilliant woman who ardently believed in the value of science. She came of age in Brooklyn, but I knew her as my Nana in Los Angeles who worked with dinosaur bones. 

When she died, my grandfather gave me one of Nana's necklaces: A jade stone with a gold chain. I wear it most days. 

After today, I will look at that necklace differently. 

While the jade stone on Nana's necklace was forged in the high heat and pressure of the Earth — an appropriate tribute to Nana's roots as a geologist — the gold of the necklace she once wore is alien in origin.  Read more...

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The world looks different after today's big neutron star collision discovery The world looks different after today's big neutron star collision discovery Reviewed by mimisabreena on Tuesday, October 17, 2017 Rating: 5

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