Members Iballa Burunat

Nov 1 2009: Kirchhoff once told his bank manager of the discovery of terrestrial metals of the sun. The bank manager said, "Of what use is gold on the sun if I cannot get it down to earth?" later, after Queen Victoria of England had presented Kirchhoff with a medal and a prize in gold sovereigns for work on the sun's spectrum, he took them to the bank manager and said, "Here is some gold from the sun!"

Oct 21 2009: Is it really thermonuclear explosions of supernovae the only way to produce osmium? I have read recently about the increasing amount of osmium found in water and air.