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| portion of stars from the tile floor galaxy © the cinemascapist |
Those stars weren’t so big. They were really so small.
You might think such a thing wouldn’t matter at all.
- Dr. Seuss
Oh, how right you were Dr. Seuss.
I know it's hard to consider, but your entire physical being was once part of a star. Before our atoms evolved into what you and I are today, we were a part of an orgasmic series of thermonuclear reactions that spewed elements like iron, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen into the universe as stars died and exploded. Thus becoming the fertilizer for planet earth and eventually humanity.
So if we evolved from the most primordial hydrogen and helium, should helium and hydrogen be considered life or potential life? Think about that next time you're talking in a silly voice from sucking on a balloon. You could be exhaling an entire new species.
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