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Our solar system is not made of material created by any particular supernova, but of interstellar medium enriched by any number of events that created and dispe
by Sharlin 3y ago
Our solar system is not made of material created by any particular supernova, but of interstellar medium enriched by any number of events that created and dispersed heavy elements over the eons. But the shockwave of a then-nearby supernova explosion may have been the catalyst that triggered star formation in the presolar nebula. The sun likely had many siblings born at roughly the same time, but most likely those aren’t anywhere near us anymore.
- autokad 3y agoI don't have any evidence, but I dont think so at all. There is just too much heavy elements in our solar system to be made up of just the accumulation of dust out there. I think our material is mostly from a specific event
- Sharlin 3y agoAs far as I know, our stellar neighborhood is not anomalously rich in heavy elements compared to your standard issue cubic parsec of space. The Sun is a perfectly ordinary Population III star with the expected metallicity.