You may have heard "We're all stardust," but that's not actually true. Most elements on the periodic table have surprisingly weird origins like neutron star mergers or even the big bang itself. Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/scienceasylum-not-all-your-atoms-are-stardust Nick Lucid - Host, Writer, Editor, Animator Em Lucid - Producer ________________________________ VIDEO ANNOTATIONS/CARDS Supernovas Explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoWdgU_QYxA Muons from Cosmic Rays: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1plELH0qXhE ________________________________ SUPPORT THE SCIENCE ASYLUM Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/ScienceAsylum YouTube Membership: null Sign-Up for Nebula: https://go.nebula.tv/scienceasylum Advanced Theoretical Physics (Paperback): https://www.lulu.com/shop/nick-lucid/advanced-theoretical-physics-a-historical-perspective/paperback/product-24250687.html Advanced Theoretical Physics (eBook): https://gumroad.com/l/ubSc Merchandise: http://shop.spreadshirt.com/scienceasylum/ ________________________________ HUGE THANK YOU TO THESE SUPPORTERS Asylum Counselors: Joe K. Kim Asylum Orderlies: Chloë Joan López, Dhruv Singhal, James Smith, Joel Wolhendler, Medec Hurtz, Peter Engrav Einsteinium Crazies: Benjamin Sharef, Dan Sullivan, Eoin O'Sullivan, Jonathan Lima, Joseph Salomone, Kevin Flanagan, Matias Cveczilberg, Sean K, Sheila Owen, William Hutchison Plutonium Crazies: Al Davis, Compuart, Ellis Hall, Fabio Manzini, Kevin MacLean, Rex_zane, Rick Myers, Vid Icarus Platinum Crazies: Cesar Moya, Christopher Bennett, Clayton Bruckert, David Johnston, Ishay Oz, Jonathan Reel, Joshua Gallagher, Li-Ce Hu, Marino Hernandez, Mikayla Eckel Cifrese, Mr. Orn Jonasar, Olga Cooperman, P. Patrick Tukkers, Qin Li, Stephanie Beach, Ulrich, Zachary Milne ________________________________ SOURCES NASA Periodic Table of Origins: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13873/ Scientific Papers: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977ApJ...213..225L/abstract https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05450 https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05843 https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05858 https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05843 https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.05841 https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1086/375492 https://journals.aps.org/rmp/abstract/10.1103/RevModPhys.28.53 Written for General Audience: https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/05/25/this-is-where-the-10-most-common-elements-in-the-universe-come-from/ https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/ligo-and-virgo-make-first-detection-gravitational-waves-produced-colliding-neutron-stars-80082 https://blog.sdss.org/2017/01/09/origin-of-the-elements-in-the-solar-system/ https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/ryden.1/ast162_5/notes21.html ________________________________ LINKS TO COMMENTS Floating Questions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoWdgU_QYxA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoWdgU_QYxA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoWdgU_QYxA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoWdgU_QYxA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoWdgU_QYxA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoWdgU_QYxA End Screen Comment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IoWdgU_QYxA ________________________________ IMAGE/VIDEO CREDITS Supernova: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13578 Neutron Star Merger: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12740/ https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/14209/ LIGO Stuff: https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/image/ligo20211107a https://www.ligo.org/science/Publication-GW170817GRB/ ________________________________ TIME CODES 00:00 Intro 00:58 The Big Bang 02:39 Fusion in Stars 04:44 Supernovas 06:30 Abundancy 08:37 Cosmic Rays 11:54 Neutron Capture 14:09 Neutron Star Mergers 17:33 Summary 19:13 Featured Comment 19:33 Surprise Surprise!