Let’s give credit where credit is due.
I didn’t set out to quote FoxNews. It was a random story reported in several outlets. The link I followed (barely 1 month old) had been expunged as had other links I found with Google. Fox was the first one I found with the archive intact.
Hypothesis: Obviously Fox just copied the story from a news service. Some other quoting sites might have deleted it as part of a content-for-pay plan (?), while Fox feels that keeping it boosts their science credential. :eek: Plus the story mentions gold and platinum specifically as elements only produced in the neutron star collision, possible fodder for their precious metal advertisers and conspiracy bloggers.