Community: Falling for Oppenheimer

As the feature film ‘Oppenheimer’ exits theaters and streams on TV screens everywhere, you might be wondering: ‘How can I experience Los Alamos?’ Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) shares a compilation of news stories for the week of Dec. 11, 2023.

Science: First hints of nuclear fission in cosmos revealed by models, observations

The elements above iron on the periodic table are thought to be created in cataclysmic explosions like the merger of two neutron stars or in rare classes of supernovae. New research suggests fission may operate in the cosmos during the creation of the heavy elements. Combing through data on a variety of elements that reside in very old stars, researchers have found a potential signature of fission, indicating that nature is likely to produce superheavy nuclei beyond the heaviest elements on the periodic table. Read the full article here. Courtesy/LANL