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Insignifigance Illustrated
« on: April 17, 2011, 06:52:01 pm »
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malimbar04

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Re: Insignifigance Illustrated
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2011, 12:53:14 am »
It reminds me of Neil DeGrasse Tyson's speech on how the atoms in our bodies were born in the crucible of stars, which then exploded and spilled out their life-giving elements to the universe.

Amazing pictures. 

oh, and here is the lnk within your link that has all the pictures:
www.nasa.gov/wise
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Re: Insignifigance Illustrated
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2011, 06:21:05 pm »
Quote from: malimbar04 on April 18, 2011, 12:53:14 am
It reminds me of Neil DeGrasse Tyson's speech on how the atoms in our bodies were born in the crucible of stars, which then exploded and spilled out their life-giving elements to the universe.

Remember, kids: We're made of dead stars! :P
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Re: Insignifigance Illustrated
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2011, 06:55:07 pm »
Just a decade or two boys. Then, the real Fun starts.
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Re: Insignifigance Illustrated
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2011, 07:27:19 pm »
Quote from: Vorthon on April 21, 2011, 06:21:05 pm
Remember, kids: We're made of dead stars! :P
This explains more than I'm comfortable with.
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Re: Insignifigance Illustrated
« Reply #5 on: April 21, 2011, 07:40:08 pm »
Quote from: inteuniso on April 21, 2011, 06:55:07 pm
Just a decade or two boys. Then, the real Fun starts.

It would have been much more exciting if I was born five hundred years later.
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Re: Insignifigance Illustrated
« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2011, 05:54:42 am »
Very interesting, and pictures of the stars are always nice to look at, my favourite was this one, quite an amazing view :)
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Re: Insignifigance Illustrated
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2011, 02:31:21 pm »
Quote from: IronyOwl on April 21, 2011, 07:27:19 pm
Quote from: Vorthon on April 21, 2011, 06:21:05 pm
Remember, kids: We're made of dead stars! :P
This explains more than I'm comfortable with.

But it's the truth! Every heavier than hydrogen and helium (Except for some very, very tiny amounts of lithium) was produced inside stars. And the stars went Boom! when they died, and spilled their star guts out into the universe, and in the proccess also made even heavier elements (Because normal fusion reactions inside a star can only produce elements up to iron, but supernova explosions produced everything heavier than that.), and we later formed from said star guts. Oversimplified, I know, but it's a good way to explain it to small children and the simple-minded.
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Re: Insignifigance Illustrated
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2011, 02:33:05 pm »
I kinda have the vision of humanity bursting out of a dead star like a Xenomorph.
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Re: Insignifigance Illustrated
« Reply #9 on: April 25, 2011, 02:46:28 pm »
Quote from: Darvi on April 25, 2011, 02:33:05 pm
I kinda have the vision of humanity bursting out of a dead star like a Xenomorph.

Eww...
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