[HN Gopher] The 8 ways that all the elements in the Universe are...
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       The 8 ways that all the elements in the Universe are made
        
       Author : zdw
       Score  : 17 points
       Date   : 2026-01-05 16:32 UTC (5 days ago)
        
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       | haunter wrote:
       | Blood is red due to iron content. Iron can only be produced by
       | nuclear fusion in stars. We are all stardust.
        
       | kisama wrote:
       | The claim that elements beyond 94 are only human-made is
       | speculative and probably false. Transuranic elements up to ~100
       | are believed to be made in, for example, natural fission reactors
       | and extreme stellar conditions. However, it is accurate to say
       | that none of those exist in bulk. They're more like astatine and
       | francium: so rare that natural occurrence is on the scale of
       | atoms.
        
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