@currentlyinscience: We are literally made of stardust. It’s science! Through a process called stellar nucleosynthesis, stars create many of the chemical elements that make up our universe. When stars reach the end of their life cycles, they release elements like carbon and oxygen into space through stellar winds and supernova explosions. Over billions of years, that material became part of new stars, planets, and eventually us. That means many of the atoms in your body existed billions of years before Earth was even formed. As Carl Sagan famously said, we are made of star stuff. 🌌 Source: NASA, Stellar Evolution and the Origin of Elements.

𖤐 angel :

the intro of my college essay 🥲

🪱 :

I don’t want heaven I want this

𝓚𝔂𝓵𝓮𝓷 :

My UChicago essay basically

monika :

Whenever a sperm fertilizes an egg it makes a small spark

Ananya (Claudeline's version) :

someone hold my hand im gonna throw up i love this rock

ayahꨄ :

I wonder if majority of my atoms came from a far away galaxy or if they’re homegrown in the milky way. I wonder if I ever bumped atoms with yours. I wonder if our atoms will ever meet again after this.

dragontalyn :

The fact we (and every other animal too) are made of stardust is one of my favorite facts ever. We’re all connected to the universe and that it gorgeous.

walkingonsunlight222 :

I can't believe were all on earth together rn

Dyfcalid :

Matter cannot be created nor destroyed

Kate🌻🌈 :

I hope when I die I return to space

Lazanya :

I think this is why I love science and medicine so much, to love all of us

gwyneth :

LITERALLY MY FAV THOUGHT OF ALL, made an essay abt this as well

Majo :

Truly all we are is each other and all we have is each other

Celyne <3 :

This is beautiful

girl_esque_05 :

How many living beings have I been before? Is the part of me that feels like they’re not doing this correctly the newest speck of stardust?

𓂃 ♡ :

as someone who feels really connected to space i love knowing this

.𖥔 ݁ ˖ 🪐⋆｡𖥔 :

being made of stardust is the foundation of my spiritual beliefs 🥰

daniela :

i will never understand why anthropology is a “bad major” im not going to college because the only thing i was interested in studying was us. i fcuking love people.

zoe ✪ ⧗ :

Isaiah :

Gods creation is beautiful

chlo :

i love all of you guys

Liyah 🎀 :

Was wondering why everybody having babies then I realized I’ve hardly been seeing any starts in the night sky

￴ ￴ ￴ ￴ ￴ ￴ ￴ ￴ ￴￴￴ :

How do explain to someone that all i long for is to be wherever I want, whenever I want, I want to be among the stars, see the pilars of creation with my own two eyes, I want to enter a black hole and come out knowing what it truly means, I want to visit other worlds and galaxies and the universe, most of all, I long to be truly free

lilz🔭 :

carbon wasnt around during the big bang, it was created inside stars and spread through the galaxy through supernovae

Jordy :

do you think we will find each other again when are star dust