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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...picture because they create all the heavy elements. They produce the iron in your blood [and] in the core of the Earth,” Kirshner said. “We personally are made out of stardust,” he added. Supernova expert Alexei V. Filippenko, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley who played a central role in discovering that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, said he was intrigued by the team’s findings. “Spectroscopically, it was certainly a very interesting supernova that deserves to be followed...

Author: By Daniel A. Handlin, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Cosmic Shrapnel Holds History | 11/6/2007 | See Source »

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