Re:4.6B Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
by thijson on Thursday July 10, 2025 @08:45AM
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Nuclear comes from the supernova that created all the heavy elements in our solar system. Fission is releasing energy trapped during that event. So from that standpoint, even Nuclear is solar in origin.
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Re:4.6B Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
by ertgbnm on Thursday July 10, 2025 @08:58AM
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Well the sun didn't make those elements. Some other star did so they aren't solar. Also by that logic everything that is not a hydrogen atom would be "solar" so I don't think we can stretch the analogy.
Re:4.6B Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment
by pikminguy on Thursday July 10, 2025 @09:22AM
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Helium and Lithium were also created in the pre stellar era of the universe, hydrogen was the majority by far but not the only element that wasn't created in stars. I think anything past 3 on the periodic table is exclusively stellar though.