http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2010/01/picture-of-the-week%e2%80%94iron-in-the-suns-corona/ Ideas, innovations and discoveries from the world of science Thu, 16 May 2013 19:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2010/01/picture-of-the-week%e2%80%94iron-in-the-suns-corona/comment-page-1/#comment-1527 Frank Cornish Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:37:55 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/?p=2737#comment-1527 I had always been under the impression that heavier elements such as iron were only produced in supernovas. Apparently since the sun is less than 5 billion years old, the elements were captured from a nearby supernova remnant in "near" space. I had always been under the impression that heavier elements such as iron were only produced in supernovas. Apparently since the sun is less than 5 billion years old, the elements were captured from a nearby supernova remnant in “near” space.

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