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Wasn't our sun a product of a bigger star? Which is why we have the planets now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_nucleosynthesis http://en.wikipedia.org
by Datsundere 12y ago
Wasn't our sun a product of a bigger star? Which is why we have the planets now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_nucleosynthesis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova_nucleosynthesis.
Nucleosynthesis says that at the end of the life of a star, heavier elemnts are formed as a byproduct.
- ubernostrum 12y agoNucleosynthesis gets you the heavier elements, but doesn't get around the "too hot to hold water" problem in Earth's early history.
- tomr_stargazer 12y agoYes, the heavy elements in our Solar System were formed inside previous generations of stars.