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The star that created our sun
This supernova exploded about (somewhat before) 4,568.2 million years ago (the likely age of the oldest meteorites dated to time, source).
It was not the only source of the material for the Sun, but ...
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The star that created our sun
There is no single progenitor of the Sun. The material that makes up the Solar System (or at least the elements heavier than helium) were made in approximately a billion stars that lived and died ...
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