
ALT A periodic table titled “Origins of the Elements” depicts the astronomical origins of each chemical element. The table includes 103 boxes, each with the name, atomic number, and letter symbol of an element, plus one or two images indicating the objects or events that created it. Eight boxes provide a key: a purple burst represents “the big bang,” a fiery orange star represents “dying low-mass stars,” a small white star pulling material off a larger yellow star represents “white dwarf supernovae,” a ball of red and blue particles with one flying off represents “radioactive decay,” a shower of white streaks represents “cosmic ray collisions,” a white exploding star represents “dying high-mass stars,” two small blue stars swirling together represents “merging neutron stars,” and a blue beaker represents “human-made.” Below the table, text reads “This period table depicts the primary source on Earth for each element. In cases where two sources contribute fairly equally, both appear.”







































