Every atom of calcium in human bones, along with iron in blood, oxygen in lungs, and carbon in cells, was forged inside stars that exploded billions of years before Earth existed; these stellar explosions scattered the atoms across the galaxy, eventually forming our solar system and becoming part of our bodies, meaning humans are literally collections of dead stars that became alive.
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Every Atom Of Calcium In Your Bones Was Forged Inside A Dying Star π¦΄β #ShortsAdded:
Your bones are made from the ash of dead stars.
Every single one of them.
Every atom of calcium in your skeleton was forged inside a massive star billions [music] of years before Earth existed.
Stars are the only place in the universe hot enough to create calcium.
When those stars [music] ran out of fuel, they exploded in a supernova.
That explosion scattered calcium atoms across the galaxy. [music] Eventually, that calcium drifted into the dust cloud that formed our solar system and then slowly into the food chain and then into you.
And it is not just your bones.
The iron keeping your heart beating from dying stars.
The oxygen in your lungs with every breath forged in stellar explosions.
The carbon in [music] every single cell of your body built inside a star that is now gone.
You are not a human being who lives on a planet near a star.
You are a collection of dead stars [music] that somehow became alive.
A star had to die so you could have bones.
Subscribe [music] to Nurse Nap. You are more ancient and more extraordinary than you will ever fully understand.
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