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<p>[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3997630, member: 27832"]If your coin contains copper or zinc, much of that metal <i>came from</i> a supernova explosion! (Current thought is that the more precious metals, silver and gold, come from even more exotic events.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Scientists are hoping for excitement from Betelgeuse, but also kind of hoping it drags its feet, because some much better instruments are coming online over the next decade or so, and we could learn a lot more if they're available to observe...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 3997630, member: 27832"]If your coin contains copper or zinc, much of that metal [I]came from[/I] a supernova explosion! (Current thought is that the more precious metals, silver and gold, come from even more exotic events.) Scientists are hoping for excitement from Betelgeuse, but also kind of hoping it drags its feet, because some much better instruments are coming online over the next decade or so, and we could learn a lot more if they're available to observe...[/QUOTE]
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