http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/29/podcast-nucleosynthesis-elements-from-stars/ Space and astronomy news Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:17:24 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/29/podcast-nucleosynthesis-elements-from-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-34482 Helio George Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:53:01 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=18761#comment-34482 Very nice episode. I still wonder what percent of me comes fromt that which has already exploded? :) Very nice episode. I still wonder what percent of me comes fromt that which has already exploded?

]]> http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/29/podcast-nucleosynthesis-elements-from-stars/comment-page-1/#comment-34451 Thameron Mon, 29 Sep 2008 21:59:31 +0000 http://www.universetoday.com/?p=18761#comment-34451 Let me just say that I was very happy to see the good doctor finally mention something that often gets swept under the rug in rhetorical flourishes when the subject of stellar nucleosynthesis is broached. We are not all star stuff. Some of the hydrogen in the water that composes us (and that is a fair bit) may quite possibly be original material dating back to the big bang. We are star stuff and Big Bang stuff and yes I realize that doesn't trip off the tongue as nicely and as alliteratively as 'star stuff' but I think it is more accurate. Primordial soup with croutons anyone? Let me just say that I was very happy to see the good doctor finally mention something that often gets swept under the rug in rhetorical flourishes when the subject of stellar nucleosynthesis is broached. We are not all star stuff. Some of the hydrogen in the water that composes us (and that is a fair bit) may quite possibly be original material dating back to the big bang. We are star stuff and Big Bang stuff and yes I realize that doesn't trip off the tongue as nicely and as alliteratively as 'star stuff' but I think it is more accurate. Primordial soup with croutons anyone?

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