[SunkenCiv]

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[Carry_Okie]

Elements heavier than iron are thought to be born in some of the most violent explosions in the cosmos, like the cataclysmic mergers of neutron stars.

I get that this could happen in principle, but are these people saying that this is the ONLY way these elements are made? They're floating around in cosmic dust later to coalesce into planets?

It's hard to think of the crowns on my teeth coming from a supernova, then billions of years floating around in interstellar space, then billions more until some clown finds a nugget or dust in a creek. Besides, what makes any element lighter than iron any different?

Something doesn't pass the smell test here.

[Red Badger]