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PoindexterOglethorpe

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20. Oh, wow!
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 11:03 PM
Mar 2023

I'm familiar with the periodic table, but I've NEVER seen it shown like this. I'm in awe.

A couple of decades ago, at a B&B, there was a high school or college chemistry book from the late 19th century. I spent time looking at it, and it was clear they hadn't yet figured out the Periodic Table as we now know it, and how it worked, or why it was like it is. I still regret that I didn't ask the woman running the B&B if I could have it or buy it from her.

Anyway, this periodic table explains better than anything I've ever seen or heard how we started with Hydrogen and Helium and every single element afterwards comes from the stars.

Thank you for this. Thank you, thank you.

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Question for astronomy buffs, [View all] grumpyduck Feb 2023 OP
Probably from under my refrigerator. Check for cat fur. Ocelot II Feb 2023 #1
Cosmic colllisions can have small amounts that Tetrachloride Feb 2023 #2
AFAIK, it's just yous ... dweller Feb 2023 #3
Well, that explains why sometimes grumpyduck Feb 2023 #5
Yes I think it does mean that. Haggard Celine Feb 2023 #6
Yeah, but where did *that* extremely dense matter come from? Ocelot II Feb 2023 #12
That's the question. Haggard Celine Feb 2023 #14
Creatio ex nihilo? Ocelot II Feb 2023 #15
Here, hope this helps ✌🏻 dweller Feb 2023 #8
Is Starbucks between 48 and 49? 3Hotdogs Feb 2023 #9
1st Avenue & 75th St. dweller Feb 2023 #10
Ah. Thanx. 3Hotdogs Feb 2023 #11
Cool! Ocelot II Feb 2023 #13
very nice chart! CloudWatcher Feb 2023 #16
Oh, wow! PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2023 #20
Not Exactly ProfessorGAC Feb 2023 #19
I suspect much of it comes from star ejections and star explosions. Gore1FL Feb 2023 #4
I believe I heard on NOVA or some other type show. Pobeka Feb 2023 #7
Most of the gas is primordial. Igel Feb 2023 #17
Thanks so much, folks. grumpyduck Feb 2023 #18
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