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We are made of Star Dust
Though the overwhelming majority of humanity has never grazed the cosmic void, our atoms derive from deep space.
Almost every atom within each of us was once actually part of a nebula - The exact same atoms that build our bodies, were created by stars.
Giant stars, far larger than our Sun, veer towards a dramatic death at the final stages of their spectacular existence - The remainder of a star's energy then irradiates gas and dust that collect all around it, generating new elements that will enrich the atmosphere from which future stars and planets can eventually form.
So over the course of billions of years, these atoms are "recycled" into an uncountable number of different things, in all possible configurations, from simple table salt (NaCl) to our own, very complex, helical DNA that make us uniquely...Us.
But it's always the very same atoms produced in these colossal stellar deaths: matter that dying stars shed from their external layers during the last phase of their life.
And what we're witnessing is death and rebirth on the cosmic scale!
The intense radiation from the star's final explosion then contributes, through collisions of all those atoms in the outer layers, to form heavier atoms (almost everything from Iron (Fe) onwards on the periodic table).
Without supernovae, none of what we have around us would exist!
What then remains in the centre depends on the mass of the star - some supernova events leave behind a super-dense neutron star, while other more massive stars leave behind black holes.
This is the dust (all atoms except hydrogen and helium) inside the giant star-forming region known as the Pillars of Creation, about 6,500 light-years away (source: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScl)
They are, in turn, part of a much larger region called the Eagle Nebula, a young open cluster of stars in the constellation Serpens, part of a diffuse emission nebula, or H II region.
This image here was taken by the camera of the James Webb Space Telescope, at infrared wavelengths.
Within its depths, are a myriad of protostars and early stars in formation.
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Sundogs, halo & sun pillar, Hämeenlinna Finland, 6 Dec '23.
Photo by Reija Zollinger.
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When you realise your draft looks like Crowley and Aziraphale are worshiping a giant cosmic zombie squirrel. I don't even know if I want to fix this or make it more squirrel.
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New Pillars of Creation and more ♥♥♥
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory and the James Webb Space Telescope worked together to create 4 new composite images of 4 cosmic wonders. The images include 2 galaxies, a star cluster and this nebula, the famous Pillars of Creation, 1st seen well by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1995. See the other images, and watch a video.
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Just for Today, 5/9/23: Pillar of Light
Here I am w this thought I wrote last night. It’s imperative to dig deep within ourselves that are painful and hard to sift through. Once we’ve gone so below, braving thru our fears, we can release the dark energies that have unconsciously/subconsciously ingrained in our programming. From there can we truly reach to higher dimensions and time jump to the Earth that matches our enhanced frequencies. The multiverse is a beautiful thing, allowing us to have an infinite abundance of possibilities to choose from. It resonates these days- As above so below, from within, radiates out.
We Godlike. Isn’t that incredible?? Come thru y’all!! ✨
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