Thursday 9 February 2023

stardust (10. 536)

We are directed to an awe-inspiring data-visualisation from a Wikipedia contributor who colour-codes the periodic table to trace the Elements back to their source in nucleosynthesis, citing data compiled by a professional astrophysicist who in turn quotes Carl Sagan: “The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apples were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff.”