PHOTOGRAPH BY NASA, JPL-CALTECH, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Works Cited:Worrall PUBLISHED January 28, 2015, S. (2015, January 28). We Are Stardust-Literally. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
Saturday, September 5, 2015
Joni Mitchell Was Right.
In 1969, the immortal words of Joni Mitchell's "Woodstock" were sang, making a statement that astronomers and biologists would later come to agree with. We really are stardust, that is to say, "everything in the universe and on Earth originated from stardust" (Worrall, 2015). In the beginning, there was just a bit of helium, some hydrogen, and a small amount of anything else coming from the decaying stars of our universe. Though there is not any helium in our bodies, it was believed to be "built into carbon, nitrogen and oxygen, iron and sulfur—everything we're made of" (Worall, 2015) Stars could be seen as elemental converters, taking one thing and switching it to another useful substance.
PHOTOGRAPH BY NASA, JPL-CALTECH, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Works Cited:Worrall PUBLISHED January 28, 2015, S. (2015, January 28). We Are Stardust-Literally. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
PHOTOGRAPH BY NASA, JPL-CALTECH, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Works Cited:Worrall PUBLISHED January 28, 2015, S. (2015, January 28). We Are Stardust-Literally. Retrieved September 6, 2015.
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I like the perspective you chose to write your blog. It is interesting to know that there are scientists out there that do believe that human life was made from elements such as helium and hydrogen.
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