“Within a supernova’s fires of destruction are forged chemical elements that may eventually be incorporated into new stars, and planets and their inhabitants. Us, for instance. Most of the atoms in our bodies — the oxygen we breathe, the calcium in our bones, the iron in our hemoglobin — all stem from supernovae that occurred billions of years ago.
“And so, on the 1,000th anniversary of this stellar event, you might take a moment to get in touch with your cosmic roots and reflect that we are, in a very real sense, children of the stars.”
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