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Cosmic Queries – Astrochemistry with Kate the Chemist

StarTalk Radio

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How Did Chemistry Come Into Being?

Sorin Sarkar asks, at what point after the Big Bang, can we say chemistry came into existence from the physics of the early universe? Kate Kinsman: Well, in the very beginning, we really only had two elements. And so once the universe finally cools down, that's when we can start actually forming these bonds between each other because the atoms can now hang on to their electrons.

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