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ninty · 08-21-2005, 06:57 PM

Pretty much everything in the universe is star stuff.

In the immortal words of Carl Sagan, "we are star stuff."

How you ask?

Well, let me tell you.

Life starts with death. The death of a star. When a star explodes at the end of its life in a supernova, it becomes so intensely hot that it combusts all the elements up to Iron I believe which is around the 26th element. Basicallt, 26 elements go shooting out from the star. These elements are collected and form new stars. Stars would not exist without death. We are made up of the elements stars produce.

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ninty is Offline Major General Posts: 12,683 Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Calgary	08-21-2005, 06:57 PM Pretty much everything in the universe is star stuff. In the immortal words of Carl Sagan, "we are star stuff." How you ask? Well, let me tell you. Life starts with death. The death of a star. When a star explodes at the end of its life in a supernova, it becomes so intensely hot that it combusts all the elements up to Iron I believe which is around the 26th element. Basicallt, 26 elements go shooting out from the star. These elements are collected and form new stars. Stars would not exist without death. We are made up of the elements stars produce.