The overwhelming majority of the universe’s matter that we can see consists of hydrogen and helium. To create heavier elements, stars must do the heavy lifting of assembling their atomic nuclei.

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An element is a substance that cannot be broken down into any other substance. Every element is made up of its own type of atom. This is why the chemical elements are all very different from each ...

You'll soon see four new names on the periodic table of the elements, including three that honour Moscow, Japan and Tennessee. The names are among four recommended Wednesday by an international ...