written by lund university, on february 23rd, 2022
who: martin montelius, astronomy researcher at lund university at the time of the research, and now at the university of groningen, rebecca forsberg, doctoral student in astronomy at lund university
what: weird element ytterbium
when: study submitted february 1st, 2022
where: two telescopes in arizona and texasÂ
how: they studied stars at all different ages, with a super-sensative spectrometer
interesting fact: the element was first found in the stockholm archipelago in the 1780’s
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