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What did supernovas and its elements have to do with the sun being born?
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Star Dust from supernovas is what makes technically 'everything' in the Universe.
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Why does your sun have 2 percent heavier elements and from where do they come?
I think it's our Sun which gets heavier elements from fusion of hydrogen and other light elements.Edit: Our Sun does create helium from hydrogen by fusion, but that's all. The reason it has heavier elements is that these come from the nebula that formed the Sun. The heavier elements are thought to have come from stars that exploded as "supernovas", a long time ago.
Do stars create supernovas?
Stars do not create supernovas. Supernovas happen to stars. A supernova is when a star, bigger than our own sun, explodes due to the lack of gas they need.
Where do the elements in the sun's atmosphere come from?
Any elements in the sun's atmosphere other than hydrogen or helium were provided by earlier supernovas that exploded before the sun formed.The hydrogen and much of the helium in the sun's atmosphere originated directly in the big bang and have not changed since then.Some of the helium in the sun's atmosphere passed up in convection currents from the sun's core where it is fusing hydrogen to helium.
Which two chemical elements are being inter-converted in the sun?
The sun converts Hydrogen into Helium.
Where does plasma form?
High energy - either extreme heat or a strong electro-magnetic field.
Where did all the silicon in the Earth come from?
Silicon is an element, and was created in a star by fusion processes. Elements up to the mass of iron may be made in a star like our sun. For heavier elements, the energies found in a supernova are needed. Therefore, all of you comes from a star!!! Earth formed by accretion from bits of rubble that began as the gas & dust clouds of ancient supernovas.
What are the two chemical elements in the sun that are being inter-converted?
Serium Oxide Cao1h12 and Carbonated Ca12i91
Why can elements be produced in the sun but not in earths atmosphere?
because the sun has some elements & compounds that the earth needs to make elements
What is supernovas importance to space?
because its more dense than a nova, its one of the biggest star fase in the universe and its hotter and more dense than the sun
Why do only massive stars enrich the universe with heavy elements?
It takes lots energy and I guess normal nova does not produce too much. Other sources such as collision don't contribute significantly. Massive stars (at least 8 times the mass of the Sun) should eventually explode as supernovas. In this process heavy elements are created and scattered through space. Before they explode they become "supergiant stars". These have cores hot enough to make elements as heavy as iron and nickel. Even heavier elements are created during the explosion.
What two elements are common in the sun?
The two common elements found in the sun are Hydrogen and Helium.
Why do the inner planets have more of the lighter elements like hydrogen and helium gas like the outer planets do?
The Sun and its planets formed form a huge cloud (disk) of dust which contained both light and heavy elements, but there were more light elements (hydrogen) than heavy. As the disk coalesced into the sun and planets the areas close to the young sun were too hot (heated by the sun) for the light elements to condense and settle onto the young inner planets which are therefore rocky, while the outer planets being further from the sun did accumulate the lighter and more volatile elements. However in the centers of the giant planets there are rocky (heavy) cores.
