Unusual Isotopic Abundances Discovered in Nova Vul 1670

A newly published study reveals that Nova Vul 1670 is not only rich in molecular species, its gas has dramatically unusual isotopic abundances (that is, the atoms present, carbon, oxygen and nitrogen in particular, have extra neutrons in their nuclei). Astronomers have known for decades that the merger of two normal stars is a frequent […]
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