U.S. back in race to forge unknown, superheavy elements

[eppur_se_muova]

5. And the energy of stars comes from the gravitational collapse of hydrogen nuclei, which comes from ...

the dispersal of matter throughout the Universe after the Big Bang. So nuclear energy is really leftover energy (dare I say "fossil" energy?) from the creation of the Universe.

Yes, I've done some thinking about "where does all this energy come from?" but I don't know how anyone takes it back before the Singularity. :^/


I seem to recall that the decay of radiant energy flux from some supernovae has roughly that same half-life as one of the isotopes of Californium, but I don't think a connection was really proven.