Field of Stars

Once, back when bloggers swapped questionnaires, I got one that asked,

What one thing would you want everyone to know?

That we literally are made of star stuff, I said—not just poetically, but scientifically. 

So that’s what I’m doing tonight, my birthday eve: printing to give away 100 copies of

 YOU ARE MADE OF STARS

I loved learning that in actuality I am /you are a child of the universe, like the leaflet on the refrigerator door said. I think that’s the coolest thing imaginable. 

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From the Natural History Museum, London, UK, “Are we made of stardust?”, planetary scientist and stardust expert Dr Ashley King explains:

'It is totally 100% true: 

nearly all the elements in the human body were made in a star and many have come through several supernovas.'”