IthotItoldja
IthotItoldja t1_iyip11s wrote
Reply to Do we have any compounds or materials on Earth that compared to the rest of the universe is incredibly rare? by SwordArtOnlineIsGood
There appears to be more heavy elements (gold, etc) in our sun and solar system than is typical. It is speculated that a neutron star merger seeded earth & our system with heavy elements.
IthotItoldja t1_je61jkw wrote
Reply to NASA Missions study what may be a 1-In-10,000-Year Gamma-ray Burst, the most powerful class of explosions in the universe. On Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT – the brightest of all time. by ICumCoffee
1 in 10,000 year GRB seems like a stretch, we've only been able to detect them for a few decades.