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Originally Posted by AstroStudentUSQ
On the point of "recycling" - if no elements had been recycled, only type 3 stars would exist. This universe has had an enormous amount of subsequent generations of star formation. So indeed the cosmic elements are recycled again and again. If this was not the case, metals would not exist to form rocky planets.
Cheers,
Mark
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I didn't realize that super giant stars only have lifespans of only a few million years and not billions of years like our own sun, so yes that explains a lot of recycling and new star formation.
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