At the dawn of the universe, there was only hydrogen and helium. These elements made up all the galaxies and all the stars. But stars fuse hydrogen and helium into heavier elements, and large stars ...
Observations of nearby red dwarf stars reveal rare carbon and oxygen isotopes, offering direct evidence of stellar nucleosynthesis and the chemical evolution of the Milky Way.
IN Prof. Runge's article on the spectra of the elements in last week's issue of NATURE (p. 607) he refers to my explanation of double lines in the spectra of gases (“Cause of Double Lines in Spectra,” ...