“We are made out of stardust. The iron in the hemoglobin molecules in the blood in your right hand came from a star that blew up 8 billion years ago. The iron in your left hand came from another star. We are the laws of chemistry and physics as they have played out here on Earth and we are now learning that planets are as common as stars. Most stars, as it turns out now, will have planets.” YearsMadeHandsEarthLawTurnsLeftStarsCommonBloodPlanetsYears AgoPhysicsBillionsIronChemistryMoleculesStardustLeft Hand Author:Jill Tarter
“Nancy According to astronomers, every atom in my body was forged in a star. I am made, they insist, of stardust. I am stardust braided into strands and streamers of information, proteins and DNA, double helixes of stardust. In every cell of my body there is a thread of stardust as long as my arm.” LongMadeBodyStarsInformationArmsCellsAtomsThreadDnaProteinStrandsStardustAstronomersForgedNancy Author:Chet Raymo
“I have marvelous dreams! I meet Buddha, I meet Jesus, I meet Mohammed. I constantly dream of space, stars and planets: we are the children of stardust.” ChildrenDreamJesusStarsSpacePlanetsMarvelousStardustStars And Planets Author:Brian Blessed
“The molecules that comprise our body are traceable to the crucibles of the centers of stars.These atoms and molecules are in us because, in fact, the universe is in us. And, we are not only figuratively, but literally, stardust.” FactsBodyUniverseStarsAtomsMoleculesStardustCrucible Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The amazing thing is that every atom in your body came from a star that exploded.” BodyStarsYour BodyAtomsAmazing ThingsStardust Author:Lawrence M. Krauss
“You and I are made of stardust. We are the stuff of exploded stars. We are therefore, at least 1 way that the Universe knows itself. That, to me, is astonishing.” KnowsWayMadeUniverseStarsStuffAstonishingStardust Author:Bill Nye
“All the atoms we are made of are forged from hydrogen in stars that died and exploded before our solar system formed. So if you are romantic, you can say we are literally stardust. If you are less romantic, you can say we're the nuclear waste from fuel that makes stars shine.” IfsMadeStarsWasteDiedShiningNuclearFuelAtomsSolar SystemStardustForgedHydrogenNuclear Waste Author:Martin Rees