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What's going on with Przybylski's Star?

Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe

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Einsteinium in a Star

Daniel Shabilski: Our star has elements inside of it that are heavier than it can make. Einsteinium lasts for 472 days, so why is there still einsteinium in the atmosphere? He says if these heavy elements existed very early on, they would have decayed away by now. All right, let's get into what might be possible explanations of these mysteries about our star.

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