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Sun's 'missing silver' mystery solved
short by Anmol Sharma / on Monday, 27 July, 2026
Researchers at Uppsala University calculated that Sun contains 55% more silver than previously estimated, resolving the solar system's long-standing missing silver puzzle. The team combined a dynamic model of the Sun's outer layers with improved atomic physics to reinterpret spectral absorption lines. The revised figure aligns far more closely with silver levels in chemically primitive meteorites.
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