Gold from outer space • How much gold is in YOUR devices?
Check which devices you have at home — let's count your gold!
Price per 10 grams in India (₹)
💡 Gold tripled in just 5 years — from ₹40,000 (COVID 2020) to ₹1,08,000 (2025)!
Gold is NOT from Earth — it arrived from SPACE!
🌍 How did gold get to Earth? Billions of years ago, Earth was bombarded by huge rocks from space called meteoroids. These meteoroids were packed with gold and other heavy elements. That gold sank deep into Earth's core — and some stayed near the surface where we mine it today!
⭐ Where was gold actually made? Gold forms when neutron stars collide in space — one of the most violent events in the universe! So your mum's gold ring was literally born in a star explosion!
From the Latin word "Aurum" — meaning "shining dawn" or "glow of sunrise"!
A 1000-year-old gold ring will still shine perfectly! Gold never corrodes.
Gold has zero taste and zero smell. You could eat it — and some fancy restaurants serve gold-leaf desserts!
Of all metals — iron, steel, copper — only gold is naturally bright yellow. That's why everyone wants it!
Every phone, TV and laptop has tiny gold circuits. Gold is the best conductor for small electrical connections.
All the gold on Earth came from meteoroids that crashed into our planet billions of years ago!
1. What is the chemical symbol for Gold?
2. How did gold arrive on Earth?
3. Approximately what was India's gold price per 10g during COVID (2020)?