The Universe's original material - after the Big Bang - was mainly hydrogen and helium. There were no significant amounts of heavier elements - those were created through nuclear fusion in stars.
Every time I see an answer to this question it is completely incorrect and it greatly bothers me because this is one of the more interesting and important points that Carl Sagan makes in his book and tv series Cosmos.
Some thirteen plus billion years ago, not too long after the big bang occurred the universe was composed of sub-atomic particles, such as protons, neutrons, and electrons. Eventually these formed the elements hydrogen and eventually helium. The newly formed atoms clumped into what eventually turned into the first stars. Some of these stars were massive enough to go supernova. A supernova is a star that is so massive that when it dies and can no longer resist the forces exerted by gravity it explodes in the most powerful force known in nature and results in the production of a black hole, but much of the matter from the supernova is spat out into the universe. Supernovas are the only known natural phenomenon capable of fusing simple elements like H, and He into the heavier elements which make up our planet earth and its life forms. Humans of course are one of those life forms. Humans are made of mostly oxygen, carbon, and some metals like zinc, potassium, and iron. All of these elements had to first be synthesized in a supernova. Therefore we are truly made of exploded stars that went super nova. This is why Carl Sagan says we are made of star stuff.
we are made of matter because we are like a solid.Our blood is like a liquid.Our gas is our fart.
Matter is made up of atoms.
Matter is made up of atoms.
matter is made up of very small parts
yes the planets are made of matter, all objects are made of matter
An atom is the simplest unit of matter which is not destructible by chemical methods.
everything is made of matter.
everything is made of matter.
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There is not anything in the world that is not made of matter, because something that is not made of matter is not anything at all.
everything is made of matter.
matter is made up of atoms
Everything is made of matter.
No, but is made of matter.
If you can see it, taste it, touch it, etc., it is made of matter. So yes, a car is made of matter. You can see it and touch it.
Matter is made up of atoms.
Matter is made up of atoms.
Yes. All objects are made of matter.