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In
medieval
times
Alchemists
tried
to
achieve
the
seemingly
impossible
They
wanted
to
transform
lowly
lead
into
gleaming
gold
History
portrays
these
people
as
aged
eccentrics
But
if
only
they'd
known
that
their
dreams
were
actually
achievable
Indeed
today
we
can
manufacture
gold
on
Earth
Thanks
to
modern
inventions
That
those
medieval
alchemists
missed
by
a
few
centuries
But
to
understand
how
this
precious
metal
Became
embedded
in
our
planet
to
start
with
We
have
to
gaze
upwards
at
the
stars
Gold
is
extraterrestrial
Instead
of
arising
from
the
planet's
rocky
crust
It was
actually
cooked
up
in
space
And
is
present
on
Earth
because
of
cataclysmic
stellar
explosions
Called
supernovae
Stars
are
mostly
made
up
of
hydrogen
The
simplest
and
lightest
element
The
enormous
gravitational
pressure
of
so
much
material
Compresses
and
triggers
nuclear
fusion
in
the
star's
core
This
process
releases
energy
from
the
hydrogen
Making
the
star
shine
Over
many
millions
of
years
Fusion
transforms
hydrogen
into
heavier
elements
Helium
carbon
and
oxygen
Burning
subsequent
elements
faster
and
faster
To
reach
iron
and
nickel
However
at
that
point
nuclear
fusion
No
longer
releases
enough
energy
And
the
pressure
from
the
core
peters
out
The
outer
layers
collapse
into
the
center
And
bouncing
back
from
this
sudden
injection
of
energy
The
star
explodes
forming
a
supernova
The
extreme
pressure
of
a
collapsing
star
is
so
high
That
subatomic
protons
and
electrons
are
forced
together
in
the
core
Forming
neutrons
Neutrons
have
no
repelling
electric
charge
So
they're
easily
captured
by
the
iron
group
elements
Multiple
neutron
captures
enable
the
formation
of
heavier
elements
That
a
star
under
normal
circumstances
can't
form
From
silver
to
gold
Past
lead
and
on
to
uranium
In
extreme
contrast
to
the
million
year
transformation
Of
hydrogen
to
helium
The
creation
of
the
heaviest
elements
in
a
supernova
Takes
place
in
only
seconds
But
what
becomes
of
the
gold
after
the
explosion
?
The
expanding
supernova
shockwave
propels
its
elemental
debris
Through
the
interstellar
medium
Triggering
a
swirling
dance
of
gas
and
dust
That
condenses
into
new
stars
and
planets
Earth's
gold
was
likely
delivered
this
way
Before
being
kneaded
into
veins
by
geothermal
activity
Billions
of
years
later
we
now
extract
this
precious
product
by
mining
it
An
expensive
process
that's
compounded
by
gold's
rarity
In
fact
all
of
the
gold
that
we've
mined
in
history
Could
be
piled
into
just
three
Olympic-size
swimming
pools
Although
this
represents
a
lot
of
mass
Because
gold
is
about
20
times
denser
than
water
So
can
we
produce
more
of
this
coveted
commodity
?
Actually,
yes
Using
particle
accelerators
we
can
mimic
The
complex
nuclear
reactions
That
create
gold
in
stars
But
these
machines
can
only
construct
gold
atom
by
atom
So
it
would
take
almost
the
age
of
the
universe
to
produce
one
gram
At
a
cost
vastly
exceeding
the
current
value
of
gold
So
that's
not
a
very
good
solution
But
if
we were
to
reach
a
hypothetical
point
Where
we'd
mined
all
of
the
Earth's
buried
gold
There
are
other
places
we
could
look
The
ocean
holds
an
estimated
20
million
tons
of
dissolved
gold
But
at
extremely
miniscule
concentrations
making
Its
recovery
too
costly
at
present
Perhaps
one
day
we'll
see
gold
rushes
to
tap
the
mineral
wealth
Of
the
other
planets
of
our
solar
system
And
who
knows?
Maybe
some
future
supernova
will
occur
close
enough
To
shower
us
with
its
treasure
And
hopefully
not
eradicate
all
life
on
Earth
in
the
process