>>providing insight into the role massive stars play in the evolution of the Milky Way and the origins of the Solar System. Radioactive aluminium (aluminium-26, or Al26) is an element that emits gamma radiation through its decay enabling astronomers to image its location in our galaxy. Studying how Al26 is created in massive stars, scientists have distinguished between previously conflicting assumptions about its rate of production by nuclear fusion.
Scientists measured the fusion of helium and sodium at 2 separate particle accelerators in Canada and Denmark, and the rate of production of Al26 was determined to within a factor of 2...
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