The carbon-12 origin story (IMAGE)

Iowa State University

The carbon-12 origin story

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These computer simulations show the structures of carbon-12 in the unstable, excited Hoyle state and as a stable ground state, the stuff of life.

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Image courtesy of James Vary/Iowa State University

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