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		pixl97 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cosmic-ray bath in a past supernova gives birth to... I mean it's not hard to do spectrometry on said nebula, and I don't think there is near enough heavier matter detected there.

pfdietz 26 days ago [–]

s-process elements (including radioactive ones like technetium) are detected in the spectra of the stars where the process occurs, which means they are right out at the "surface".

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