reply to post by geraldcole
when something vaporizes, it doesn't just disappear, it becomes part of that planets atmosphere.... and whats in our own atmosphere? helium,
hydrogen and other light elements. when enough water vapor compress together, you get clouds, and when the cloud gets large enough, it starts
condensing into what we call rain.
its pretty simple really. water just doesn't disappear.
all the matter in our universe was created within stars using fusion. its all about chemistry. different elements fuse together to create a heavier
element. this is why we have heavy elements such as iron, nickle, gold, silver, copper etc. they were once lighter elements from the original three.
Hydrogen, helium and Lithium. they combined to create the heavier elements. take a look @ the periodic table of elements. they are in order from
lightest to heaviest and they all originated from stars.