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The Story of the Buckyball

Explore the vast universe from stars to atoms, uncovering the origins of our existence in space. Learn how tiny molecules and atoms shape our world and how we are all connected through cosmic elements.

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The Story of the Buckyball

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  1. The Story of the Buckyball

  2. Our story starts off with stars in space

  3. The Sun is a Star – Our Star

  4. Our Earth goes round theSun

  5. One day many millions of years into the future

  6. the Sun will blow up

  7. aaaaghhh!!!

  8. Ouch! it’s

  9. HOT

  10. There are lots and lots and lots of stars like our Sun in space

  11. In fact there are about ten thousand million million million stars in Space

  12. We can write this in numbers as 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000

  13. 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 1 followed by 22 noughts (or zeros)

  14. We can write 10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 as 1022

  15. 1022

  16. is a very

  17. BIG number

  18. There are 10 dots here ………,

  19. 100 ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………,

  20. 1000 ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………, ………,

  21. This is only 1000 so…

  22. 1022

  23. is really

  24. really

  25. BIG

  26. On this screen there are only 1024 x 768 = pixels Less than 1 million < 106

  27. On this screen there are only 1024 x 768 = 786432 pixels Less than 1 million < 106

  28. Now lets think about something that is very Very small a molecule

  29. We are all made out of very tiny molecules

  30. Molecules are bundles of very tiny atoms Carbon atoms C Nitrogen atoms N Oxygen atoms O Hydrogen atoms H …mainly

  31. The water molecule, H2O, has two Hydrogen atoms and one Oxygen atom O H H

  32. and it is very very very small

  33. In a glass of water there are about a million million million million water molecules

  34. 1000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 =1024

  35. Where did our atoms come from?

  36. All your atoms were made a very long time ago inside a star a bit like our Sun

  37. That star exploded millions of years ago

  38. and blew your atoms into space

  39. They floated around in space for millions of years

  40. and ended up here TODAY

  41. So we all came from outer space We are all aliens

  42. We tried to create a bit of a very very hot star in our laboratory

  43. lens Sun’s Rays With a magnifying glass and Sunlight you can burn a hole in a piece of wood

  44. laser graphite We used a laser instead of the Sun and Graphite like the lead in a pencil

  45. clusters of 60 atoms formed

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