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And it takes several cycles of life and death for a planetary cloud to build up the heavier metals. I've only had my requisite college chemistry, but it has alw
by jazzyjackson 5y ago
And it takes several cycles of life and death for a planetary cloud to build up the heavier metals. I've only had my requisite college chemistry, but it has always seemed peculiar/lucky/surprising to me that every element on the periodic table occurs on Earth (save for those unstable lab-made concoctions). It's unclear to me how common this condition is in the universe, but of course in an infinite universe everything is inevitable :)
- z3t4 5y agoYeh I've thought about that also that the earth has so many elements, while the Hayabusa2 asteroid is mostly carbon star-dust. However besides oxygen we are made mostly of carbon. And for example the amount of gold on earth is likely the same rate all across the universe give or take (it's not super common).