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All the heavier elements were created in a former star that went supernova. The solar system formed from the gas/dust after that. The heavier elements being fo

All the heavier elements were created in a former star that went supernova. The solar system formed from the gas/dust after that. The heavier elements being formed in our sun now are going to stay there until something can tear it apart.

pfdietz 1y ago
Some will be ejected back into space when the aged Sun becomes a planetary nebula (with a white dwarf at the center).