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Genre: Science & Technology
Date of upload: Feb 29, 2020 ^^
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Recently, several articles have been written about Betelgeuse dimming and the conclusion that has been reached is that a large cloud of dust moved between the star and Earth. That is why Betelgeuse’s brightness in infrared hasn’t changed. Infrared light will pass through clouds of gas and dust without being affected much.
As professor stated, iron (element 26 on the periodic table) is the end of the fusion chain in a star. No element higher on the periodic table can be made in a star. The only way heavier elements are created is in a supernova explosion. The heaviest element being uranium (element 92), which is why it is the heaviest naturally occurring element on Earth. Silver, gold, platinum were all created in a supernova. But the iron in our blood and the core of the Earth came from a stellar core (maybe supernova too). This is direct evidence that another star went supernova, blew out its guts, and those guts became the seeds for our entire solar system including creating another star, our sun. The only question that remains about that event is what happened to that progenitor star?
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I absolutely love how you explained this to us, the regular folk. You made such a complex subject that is at the tip of the tip of the tip of the iceberg — as far as what we know and understand so far — easy to understand. Thank you for the explanation, fixing my existential crisis, and sharing your amazing knowledge. You’ve earned a subscriber!
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i was just randomly browsing trough videos about space and landed here and your way of speaking completely captivated my attention and i sat here trough the entire video feeling that i want to stay longer and know more, the way you speak and explain things made me feel like i really learned a lot. Thank you.
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I cannot believe nobody has put together a Wikipedia page for you Professor, I find your videos engrossing, and a challenge to my vocabulary, worry not for someone will do it well before your demise. Yes I occasionally have to pause your presentation to check a word, but then that is education, and even at 65 I am getting better at scrabble. I figure I will have a good 20 years of learning left in me, and this is what I have deduced will ward off dementia, and I find everything about space engrossing. So keep them coming and enthrall us with your excellently pleasant delivery and grammar, having been raised in the 60's when a regular trip to the library was mandatory for a good education, I cannot get enough of the internet and your chosen field of study.
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@donotwatch4335
3 years ago
Another young star's life ruined because of greed. shame.
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