The Cosmic Origin of Carbon

Most of the carbon supporting life on Earth was forged by stars that never
exploded, say astronomers in Michigan and Sweden. These stars cast the
carbon into space when they blew off their outer atmospheres and became
white dwarfs. For the full story, including a beautiful Hubble Space
Telescope image of the Ring Nebula, see
http://KenCroswell.com/OriginOfCarbon.html .

Other recent stories:
First Direct Distance to Andromeda:
http://KenCroswell.com/AndromedaDistance.html .
The Three Moons of Pluto: http://KenCroswell.com/PlutoMoons.html .
The Tenth Planet's First Anniversary:
http://KenCroswell.com/TenthPlanetFirstAnniversary.html .

Correct email: MagnificentUniverse "at" yahoo "dot" com.


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