What is the universe made of? - Dennis Wildfogel
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The atoms around you have existed for billions of years -- and most
originated in the flaming, gaseous core of a star. Dennis Wildfogel
tells the captivating tale of these atoms' long journeys from the Big
Bang to the molecules they form today.
We’ve seen that while the Earth and the Sun are composed of the same elements, the proportion of the Earth that a given element makes up is generally strikingly different from the proportion of the Sun it constitutes. What about other planets? Are their chemical compositions more like the Earth, more like the Sun, or something entirely different?
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Dennis Wildfogel
- Director Adam Comiskey
- Animator Ash Barker
- Artist Samantha Davies
- Narrator Dennis Wildfogel
