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Sanjana Curtis: Sprinkling Stardust on TikTok

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Exploring the Creation of Elements in the Universe

This chapter features a PhD astrophysicist who shares her journey of using TikTok to explain the significance of elements and their origins in the universe. The conversation delves into the synthesis of heavy elements like gold through neutron star mergers, the discovery of new elements like strontium in cosmic events, and the importance of multi-messenger astrophysics in understanding the composition of celestial phenomena.

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