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Helium

Z: 2
Mass: 4.003
Lifeforce: Source

Discovered in the light of the Sun before anyone found it on Earth. The first Shalem: an element whose outer shell was complete from birth, twin of hydrogen, born with it in the first minutes of the cosmos.

A round garden with a clear spring at its center, encircled by flame, bowl, kites and terrace. — Plate · Source The Source needs nothing. It *rests* whole, all forces circling its center.

24% of cosmic matter. Born in the Big Bang alongside hydrogen. First discovered in the Sun’s spectrum before being found on Earth.

Lab note · 24% of cosmic matter; formed in the Big Bang, alongside hydrogen.

Tool · Cosmic origin

Where your atoms come from

He · Big Bang

Born of the Big Bang itself, present since the first three minutes of the cosmos.

3 of the 118 elements share this origin.

Choose a stage: click, or arrow keys. · Cosmic nucleosynthesis · current standard model

Tool · Periodic table

Your place in the system

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