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On August 17, 2017, humanity witnessed something unprecedented: two neutron stars colliding 130 million light-years away. Gravitational wave detectors felt spacetime itself ripple from the impact. Within seconds, every major telescope on Earth turned to observe what became known as GW170817—the first cosmic event detected through both gravitational waves AND electromagnetic radiation.

The collision created a “kilonova” explosion that released more energy in one second than our Sun will produce in its entire 10-billion-year lifetime. But here’s what makes this discovery revolutionary: this is where ALL the gold, platinum, uranium, and heavy elements in the universe come from.

Stars can only fuse elements up to iron through normal fusion. Anything heavier requires the extreme conditions of a neutron star collision. This single merger created approximately 10 Earth masses worth of gold, plus all the other heavy elements on the periodic table. Every gold ring, every platinum component, every uranium atom on Earth was forged in an explosion like this billions of years ago.

You’re not just made of stardust. You’re made of the ashes of cosmic violence.

💍The universe is more connected than you think.

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* Portions of this video were generated with AI tools (voice & visuals) using original prompts written by @DeepScienceTalks for educational purposes.*