Eating the Sun: Small Musings on a Vast Universe

“We are, quite literally, star-stuff.”

Every atom in your body came from a dying star. It makes me feel a bit more connected to the night sky.

“Photosynthesis is a sort of alchemy.”

Plants are basically eating light to stay alive. It is wild to think about a tree just soaking up the sun to build itself.

Most of the universe is just empty space. Even the solid things we touch are mostly made of nothing at all.

Time moves differently depending on where you are. A clock on a mountain ticks faster than one at the beach.