Recent content by wawatson

So the star will basically 'spray' elementary stuff into space. That stuff must include nuclei - maybe as ions which can later recombine with electrons, also sprayed out. But surely, given the right conditions, atomic matter must be a strong candidate. So the question is just how big these...

When a star comes to the end of one phase in its life (eg red giant -> white dwarf), or simply 'explodes', it results in the emission of a huge amount of matter (and energy, of course). But what form does that matter take ?? If the star has been cool enough (or when the emitted matter...