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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Jan 31
Ask Ethan: How are the heaviest elements of all made?
Matter is made up largely of atoms, where atomic…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Jun 21, 2023
The periodic table you grew up with is wrong
Up until 2002, we thought that the heaviest stable…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Mar 9, 2021
No, Today’s Stars Are Not The Same As Yesterday’s Stars
The Universe’s idea of a ‘typical star’ has…
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Ethan Siegel
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Nov 21, 2019
This Is Why Three Of The Lightest Elements Are So Cosmically Rare
Helium and carbon are made copiously…
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Ethan Siegel
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Sep 9, 2017
Ask Ethan: Can Normal Stars Make Elements Heavier (And Less Stable) Than Iron?
It isn’t just…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Jun 12, 2017
The scientific story of how each element was made
Think the periodic table is complicated? Now learn…
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