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How Gold is Created

In a supernova in the depths of space, long, long ago...

(from npr) -- According to Tyson, author of Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandries, all gold on Earth started out in the center of a star; he says stars are "in the business of cosmic alchemy."

click here to read and hear more about the fascinating origin of gold!

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deep space origin of gold



Original article at NPR, February 14, 2007
by Robert Krulwich

Deep space photography courtesy of the talented teams at NASA and STScI

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