Cookie Policy

Our website uses cookies to understand content and feature usage to drive site improvements over time. To learn more, review our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Threshold 3: New Chemical Elements

Threshold 3: New Chemical Elements

Large stars die, and then explode into massive supernovae. This scatters all the elements of the periodic table throughout the Universe, which results in Threshold 3.

Key Ideas

As this video progresses, key ideas will be introduced to invoke discussion.

Think about the following questions as you watch the video


  1. What are the Goldilocks Conditions for new chemical elements?
  2. What is a supernova?