Space Gold
Gold is a vital strategic resource in space nasa says.
Space gold. Gold is formed in stars in the collisions of neutron stars shown here and in the eruptions of a particular type of supernova. The cosmic companion nsf ligo sonoma state university. But even neutron stars plus magneto rotational supernovas together can t explain earth s bonanza of gold kobayashi and her.
They say if you spread out all the gold ever mined from the earth in all of history it would only cover a football field 18 inches deep. Now when you wrap you mind around that image it doesn t seem like very much especially when you digest the fact that the solar system is literally brimming with gold but scientists can t quite figure out where all this hard to make metal is being created. Spacegold is an asteroid mining project to bring back gold and platinum metals to earth.
Stars that fuse gold then spew it into space like this are even rarer. Meanwhile a thin layer of gold on an astronaut s helmet visor deflects solar radiation. The asteroid psyche 16 is a very special space rock.