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Yeah, fun, right? I've looked up why before, tldr it's just because historically astronomers have never had to care in any detail about chemical reactions (thi
by kadoban 2y ago
Yeah, fun, right?
I've looked up why before, tldr it's just because historically astronomers have never had to care in any detail about chemical reactions (this is not strictly true of course, but somewhat close for at least a large subset). So they just need a term for "crap that came from stars".
- adastra22 2y agoEh, that grosses over the defining difference that hydrogen, helium, and a little bit of lithium are everywhere everywhen all at once because of The Bog Bang, whereas everything else is concentrated due to being produced in supernovas and neutron stars.
- wavemode 2y agoReminds me of: https://xkcd.com/2205/ https://xkcd.com/2205/