Not all your Atoms are Stardust

You may have heard "We're all stardust," but that's not actually true. Most elements on the periodic table have surprisingly weird origins like neutron star mergers or even the big bang itself.

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Supernovas Explained:
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Muons from Cosmic Rays:
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SOURCES

NASA Periodic Table of Origins:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13873/

Scientific Papers:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977ApJ...213..225L/abstract
https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05450
https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05843
https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05858
https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05843
https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05841
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/375492
https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.28.53

Written for General Audience:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/05/25/this-is-where-the-10-most-common-elements-in-the-universe-come-from/
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/ligo-and-virgo-make-first-detection-gravitational-waves-produced-colliding-neutron-stars-80082
https://blog.sdss.org/2017/01/09/origin-of-the-elements-in-the-solar-system/
https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/ryden.1/ast162_5/notes21.html
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End Screen Comment:
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IMAGE/VIDEO CREDITS

Supernova:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13578

Neutron Star Merger:
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12740/
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14209/

LIGO Stuff:
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/image/ligo20211107a
https://www.ligo.org/science/Publication-GW170817GRB/
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TIME CODES

00:00 Intro
00:58 The Big Bang
02:39 Fusion in Stars
04:44 Supernovas
06:30 Abundancy
08:37 Cosmic Rays
11:54 Neutron Capture
14:09 Neutron Star Mergers
17:33 Summary
19:13 Featured Comment
19:33 Surprise Surprise!

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