#  Earth's Gold Came from Colliding Dead Stars 

 





July 17, 2013

 

 

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Sort- [CfA press release](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/2013/pr201319.html)
- [CfA press conference](http://www.cfa.harvard.edu/dvlwrap/open_night/PressConference_2013-07-17_640x360_low.mp4)
- [NY Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/06/science/space/stars-gold-dung-beetles-and-us.html?ref=science)
- [WNYC/PRI / The TakeAway](http://www.thetakeaway.org/2013/jul/19/new-research-suggests-gold-earth-result-crashing-stars/)
- [Smithsonian Magazine](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/All-the-Gold-in-the-Universe-Could-Come-from-the-Collisions-of-Neutron-Stars-215848391.html)
- [USA Today](http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/07/17/gold-neutron-star/2521311/)
- [Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/origin-of-gold-found-in-rare-neutron-star-collisions/2013/07/17/a158bd46-eef2-11e2-bed3-b9b6fe264871_story.html)
- [Time Magazine](http://science.time.com/2013/07/18/gold-in-space-a-collision-between-stars-produces-moon-sized-riches/)
- [CNN](http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/18/tech/innovation/gold-origins-stars) / [CNN Opinion](http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/20/opinion/urry-gold-stars/index.html)
- [BBC](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23361153)
- [LA Times](http://www.latimes.com/news/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-gold-universe-colliding-neutron-stars-astronomers-20130717,0,5527820.story)
- [New Scientist](http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23886-cosmic-collisions-spin-stellar-corpses-into-gold.html#.Uel0G4W-qks)
- [Boston Globe](http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/science/2013/07/17/cosmic-origins-bling-gold-born-collisions-between-two-stars/qCnN2yNqJjPBVBqp9kuxYP/story.html)
- [NY Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/gold-dead-stars-crashing-research-article-1.1401875)
- [Forbes](http://www.forbes.com/sites/kitconews/2013/07/18/interview-when-stars-collide-how-gold-came-to-earth/)
- [International Business Times](http://www.ibtimes.com/all-gold-earth-universe-may-have-come-colliding-dead-stars-1350353)
- [Guardian Express](http://guardianlv.com/2013/07/gold-was-created-by-the-collision-of-stars/)
- [Space.com](http://www.space.com/21995-gold-origins-neutron-star-collisions.html)
- [Daily Beast](http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/07/17/origin-of-gold-discovered.html)
- [Nature World News](http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/3019/20130718/gold-elements-formed-rare-collision-neutron-stars-study.htm)
- [Huffington Post](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/18/gold-space-star-collisions-elements-earth-video_n_3612079.html)
- [Discovery Channel Magazine](http://www.discoverychannelmag.com/content/gold-getters)



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