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NASA APOD explores the cosmic origins of elements in human bodies

NASA publishes APOD explaining elemental origins in human bodies

1 Sep 14 12:05 AM · 10d ago · 3 articles · 2 sources · development 1 of 2

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day features a color-coded periodic table explaining where the chemical elements that make up human bodies originated. The article traces hydrogen to the Big Bang, carbon and oxygen to stellar fusion, iron to supernovae, and gold to neutron star collisions.

NASA publishes APOD explaining elemental origins in human bodies
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“The hydrogen in your body and present in every molecule of water came from the Big Bang. There are no other appreciable sources of hydrogen in the universe.”

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