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Periodic Tales

A collection of 2 issues

Helium

Hydrogen begat helium in the universe's first moments Forged in the Universe's First Minutes Within three minutes of the Big Bang, when the universe was still 10 billion degrees Celsius, helium nuclei formed through primordial nucleosynthesis. This cosmic forge created roughly 25% of all normal matter

Hydrogen

Hydrogen is the building block of the universe. All atoms can be traced back to hydrogen. The First-Born Atom Hydrogen was born within 3 minutes of the Big Bang. In that time, the cosmos cooled just enough to allow protons to hook up with wandering electrons. Today, every hydrogen atom