Stars
are giant factories. Now let us split a
star and see how it works. Once the star
is born, hydrogen keeps fussing to create Helium and in the process produces
the star’s energy. But Helium is
slightly heavier than hydrogen and so sinks to the center of the star. As the Helium atoms fuse together, they produce
even more energy and in the process, produce even more heavier elements like Lithium,
Beryllium, Boron, Carbon etc,. The process
repeats itself over and over and the star becomes heavier. Closer and closer to the center many more
elements form …….. like, Nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, neon, sodium, magnesium,
aluminium, silicon, phosphorus, sulfur, chlorine, argon, potassium, calcium,
scandium, titanium, vanadium, chromium, manganese and iron.
After
iron is formed, things change. Iron does not produce energy when it fuses, so
the fire begins to go out. More and more
Iron is produced in the core until almost all the fuel runs out. Now gravity takes over and squashes the star
into itself. As its core gets more and more compressed, its temparature soars
until it is 100 times more hotter than the core of our sun. Then finally the star collapses and
explodes. This is a SUPERNOVA.
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| This is a picture a Supernova taken by Hubble telescope |
The
death of a star. And, the birth of something new. In these brief micro seconds
a massive shock wave passes through the star.
The blast is so powerful that it forces some of the iron to fuse into
even heavier elements. And that is how
heavier elements like gold, platininum, lead etc., are made, forged in the
heart of an exploding star.
Today, 27th of December 2023..... almost 10 years after I have posted this post in 2013.
I am updating some new information.
Now we have the new James Webb Telescope peering the entire Universe for new things.....
Looks like the search for the first star that was ever formed in the Universe is likely to be located ....
Watch the video from the below link....
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