"Phosphorus-rich stars with unusual abundances are challenging theoretical predictions (Nature Communications).
Phosphorus is essential for life (especially in DNA), but Earth has too much phosphorus for theory. Seven astronomers in Spain describe the conundrum, beginning with a restatement of the theory that the consensus believes must be true:
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I have made the earth, and created man upon it... Isaiah 45:12
Phosphorus is essential for life (especially in DNA), but Earth has too much phosphorus for theory. Seven astronomers in Spain describe the conundrum, beginning with a restatement of the theory that the consensus believes must be true:
Almost all chemical elements have been made by nucleosynthetic reactions in various kind of stars and have been accumulated along our cosmic history. Among those elements, the origin of phosphorus is of extreme interest because it is known to be essential for life such as we know on Earth. However, current models of (Galactic) chemical evolution under-predict the phosphorus we observe in our Solar System. Here we report the discovery of 15 phosphorus-rich stars with unusual overabundances of O, Mg, Si, Al, and Ce.In order to save their secular theory, they have to steal some extra phosphorus from elsewhere:
Phosphorus-rich stars likely inherit their peculiar chemistry from another nearby stellar source but their intriguing chemical abundance pattern challenge the present stellar nucleosynthesis theoretical predictions. Specific effects such as rotation or advanced nucleosynthesis in convective-reactive regions in massive stars represent the most promising alternatives to explain the existence of phosphorus-rich stars. The phosphorus-rich stars progenitors may significantly contribute to the phosphorus present on Earth today.It “may” – or it may not. That’s just a story to rescue a theory that is out of sync with observations. The take-home message is: Earth is an anomaly according to secular theory, thank God."
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I have made the earth, and created man upon it... Isaiah 45:12