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I am not aware of any specific element "signaling" this. Towards the end of a stars life, however, relatively large amounts of heavier elements are produced.
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∙ 7y agoEverything heavier than helium.
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The interstellar medium is enriched with heavy elements by the remnants of what?
The interstellar medium is enriched with heavy elements by the remnants of supernovas. A supernova is the spectacular explosion at the end of a stars life when it collapses in on itself.
How the elements were created?
Nucleosynthesis in the early stages of the universe. This created light elements up to Beryllium. The others came from nuclear fission when stars formed, and were distributed by supernova explosions at the end of some of the stars' life. Takes about a billion of years by order of magnitude.
How is the gold in a wedding ring evidence of ancient stars that ran their life cylcles long before the solar system came into being?
When the Universe was created in the moment of the big bang, only simple molecules like helium and hydrogen were formed. These gasses later formed stars which created other elements up to iron, but no heavier.Heavier elements can not be formed by nuclear fusion in stars, and are not believed to be formed during the Big Bag. It is theorized that these elements can only be formed when massive stars explode at the end of their life cycle (in a supernova explosion).Therefore, the presence of gold itself means that a supernova exploded and formed the metals.
How do super massive rare stars end their life as?
The most massive stars will end up as black holes. Those are the stars that have more than approximately 3 solar masses at the end of their life - i.e., AFTER the supernova explosion.
How are heavy elements formed during nuclear fusion?
This would be a fusion of three helium nuclei. This would happen towards the end of a star's life, it's not occurring in the sun at present, but obviously has happened in various stars in the past, which is why we have the heavy elements in our solar system
Why will the sun not shine forever?
Our sun is a star and ALL stars have life spans - just like us. When stars die, the elements get blasted out into space and end up forming other planets and stars.
The interstellar medium is enriched with heavy elements by the remnants of what?
The interstellar medium is enriched with heavy elements by the remnants of supernovas. A supernova is the spectacular explosion at the end of a stars life when it collapses in on itself.
What type of stars end their life as a supernova?
Massive Stars.
What type of stars end their life in supernovae?
Massive Stars.
How the elements were created?
Nucleosynthesis in the early stages of the universe. This created light elements up to Beryllium. The others came from nuclear fission when stars formed, and were distributed by supernova explosions at the end of some of the stars' life. Takes about a billion of years by order of magnitude.
How is the gold in a wedding ring evidence of ancient stars that ran their life cylcles long before the solar system came into being?
When the Universe was created in the moment of the big bang, only simple molecules like helium and hydrogen were formed. These gasses later formed stars which created other elements up to iron, but no heavier.Heavier elements can not be formed by nuclear fusion in stars, and are not believed to be formed during the Big Bag. It is theorized that these elements can only be formed when massive stars explode at the end of their life cycle (in a supernova explosion).Therefore, the presence of gold itself means that a supernova exploded and formed the metals.
Do stars began there life in a black hole?
No, but some stars end their life by becoming a black hole.
What do the most massive stars end their life as?
The massive stars turn into gas
How do the elements that are created inside stars get out?
A small amount might get out with solar (or stellar) wind. But mainly, at the end of the life of larger stars, there is a violent explosion called a supernova, that ejects a large part of the star's material into space.
How do super massive rare stars end their life as?
The most massive stars will end up as black holes. Those are the stars that have more than approximately 3 solar masses at the end of their life - i.e., AFTER the supernova explosion.
Where were the elements that are found in nature formed'?
Hydrogen and helium are thought to be formed during the Big Bang. We also know that helium is formed in stars during the process of stellar evolution. The other elements formed in stars during stellar evolution and end-of-life stellar events (like a supernova). It could be said that with the exception of hydrogen, all the elements formed in stars during one phase or another of the life of stars. This though minute quantities of some isotopes that are found in nature appear in the decay chains of other isotopes and were not themselves created in stars as described.
What are stars that are at the end of their life called?
They are called white dwarfs.
