But did you know that billions of years ago there was no silver anywhere in the Universe? So where did it come from? Like most other elements, silver was created in dying stars. As stars die they can explode in a giant flash of light called a supernova. A single supernova can create more energy than our Sun does in its entire life. Supernovas create most of the heavy elements in our Universe. Their explosions create temperatures hot enough to fuse hydrogen nuclei together to form larger atoms. These larger, heavier atoms helped form planets like Earth. So in a sense, silver, like everything else around you, was made from the first atoms of hydrogen. Where and when was hydrogen created? In the Big Bang itself. It turns out silver has a pretty big history!
But did you know that billions of years ago there was no silver anywhere in the Universe? So where did it come from? Like most other elements, silver was created in dying stars. As stars die they can explode in a giant flash of light called a supernova. A single supernova can create more energy than our Sun does in its entire life. Supernovas create most of the heavy elements in our Universe. Their explosions create temperatures hot enough to fuse hydrogen nuclei together to form larger atoms. These larger, heavier atoms helped form planets like Earth. So in a sense, silver, like everything else around you, was made from the first atoms of hydrogen. Where and when was hydrogen created? In the Big Bang itself. It turns out silver has a pretty big history!
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