the arrow of time -
life in the universe will only exist for a fleeting bright instance in time. Because life, just like the stars and the planets and the galaxies, is just a temporary structure on the long road from order to disorder
Stardust
all elements come from the burning heart of dying stars, supernova, death of a star, life - we are all stardust
When we look out into space, we are looking into our own origins. Because we are truly children of the stars, and written into every atom and every molecule of our bodies, is the entire history of the universe, from the Big Bang to the present day.
Our story is the story of the universe. And every piece of everyone, of everything you love, of everything you hate, of the thing you hold most precious, was assembled by the forces of nature in the first few minutes of the life of the universe, transformed in the hearts of stars or created in their fiery deaths. And when you die, those pieces will be returned to the universe in the endless cycle of death and rebirth. What a wonderful thing it is to be a part of that universe!
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