Friday, July 09, 2010

9 out of every 10 atoms in the universe are hydrogen atoms, the first element and the major constituent of all stars.

The other 10 percent of all atoms are helium atoms. That's already 100 percent.

The rest of the periodic table, elements Lithium through Ununoctium, barely register on a cosmic scale. The rest of the universe, you and I included, is a rounding error.