Light elements are made in light weight stars via stellar nucleosynthesis. Elements as heavy as iron form in the cores of massive stars. Anything heavier than iron requires a supernova--the collapse and explosion of a super massive star.
the building blocks of the universe are called chemical elements or just elements
Mainly hydrogen and helium - which were also the main elements in the early Universe.
The six most common elements in our galaxy are as follows:Hydrogen: 74%Helium: 24%Oxygen: 1.04%Carbon: 0.42%Neon: 0.13%Iron: 0.11%These values, obtained by spectroscopy, will give accurate estimates for local regions of the universe.The abundance of elements in more distant galaxies will have lower percentages of heavy elements (ie heavier than Helium) as they have had a shorter period of time to accumulate heavy elements from stellar nucleosynthesis.
is found in the form of hydrogen and helium. These elements were created during the Big Bang, and all other elements found in the universe were formed through processes like nuclear fusion in stars. Only a small fraction of the universe is made up of heavier elements like carbon, oxygen, and iron.
The universe is around 70% dark energy (a.k.a. empty space). The rest is mostly dark matter, with a few percent for ordinary matter. That is the current scientific model.
The light elements in the universe, such as hydrogen and helium, were created during the Big Bang. Heavy elements, like carbon, oxygen, and iron, were formed in the cores of stars through nuclear fusion processes.
Heavy elements.
Up to uranium elements are made by stellar nuclear synthesis; after uranium elements are man made.
We wouldn't have the heavy elements... and as a result, we wouldn't exist.
In the interior of certain massive stars.
All elements heavier than iron are made by nuclear reactions that consume energy rather than producing it, so the universe that you describe would have no heavy elements.
the building blocks of the universe are called chemical elements or just elements
The universe is made of hydrogen with a small percentage helium. Elements heavier than helium are made in stars (not only the Sun). We will never see any heavy elements made by our Sun, but perhaps some civilization will. The elements we use, up to iron in atomic weight are made in stars by fusion during their normal lifetimes. Elements heavier than iron are made only when stars explode. The earliest solar systems in the early universe consisted only of hydrogen and helium. We live in a solar system since made of material tht has recycled once or twice since we know that the rubble surrounding our Sun has iron and heavier elements.
In the early Universe, there were no heavy elements around - all the matter of the Universe was in the form of hydrogen, helium, and small amounts of lithium; until the first stars formed, created these heavier elements, and put them out into space when they exploded as supernovae.
Well neither, you or I would exist. Without the influx of heavy elements, the Universe would be a very sterile place.
Astronomers believe the globular clusters are made of old stars because of the lack of heavy elements. The heavy element is very abundant in stars like our sun, so the theory is the globular cluster must be older and formed in a more primitive universe.
Hydrogen - from it all other elements are made in the stars