Oxygen is formed through the fusion of a carbon-12 and a helium-4 nucleus inside the hearts of stars. However, recently, scientists have gained the ability to study the structure of oxygen by looking at its nucleus. And in March of 2014, a physicist at North Carolina State University and his team discovered the nuclear structure of oxygen-16. This is important because it helps us understand the process of nuclei formation in stars.
An additional set of researchers placed their focus on oxygen’s role in life on Earth. According to researchers at the University of Southern Denmark, animal life did not appear on Earth until much later than the Great Oxidation Event, with simple animals appealing just around 600 million years ago. While many theorize that the appearance of oxygen led to the existence of animals, animals were actually not present on earth during the first prominent rise of oxygen levels in the atmosphere. On the contrary, it is believed that something other than the appearance of oxygen caused the first rise in animal life. While it may be true that rising levels of oxygen led to varied and diversified ecosystems that are present today, there are still several modern-day animals that can survive in extremely low-oxygen areas in the ocean.
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