Scientists at The University of Manchester have unveiled new research which shows how exploding stars may have helped to create the earth. The discovery was made during a unique research project examining how some dead stars re-ignite and come back to life.
Professor Albert Zijlstra's study of Sakurai's Object - the only star which has been observed re-igniting in modern times - has led him to conclude that 5% of the carbon on earth may have been come from stardust expelled by stars exploding back to life.