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How Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity Physics Professor Duncan Brown Helped Discover a Cosmic Collision

Tuesday, October 17, 2017, By Sawyer Kamman
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Go in-depth on the day when Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman professor of physics, helped discover the collision of two neutron stars and the birth of gold, platinum and other heavy metals.

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