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To celebrate World Space Week 2013 we're uploading clips from Wonders of the Universe with Professor Brian Cox. Gold is a rare and precious element on Earth. Our world is made up of just 92 elements, and these same 92 elements are found throughout the entire universe. We are part of the universe because we are made of the same stuff as the universe! When a giant star, at the end of it's life, collapses in on itself, the temperatures reach 1 hundred billion degrees. Under these conditions the heaviest elements like Gold form. The explosion is known as a Supernova. Subscribe to the BBC Worldwide channel: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=BBCWorldwide BBC Worldwide Channel: http://www.youtube.com/BBCWorldwide Having explored the wonders of the solar system, Professor Brian Cox steps boldly on to an even bigger stage - the universe. Who are we? Where do we come from? For thousands of years humanity has turned to religion and myth for answers to these enduring question...
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