I get that all of the elements that make us are from stars but I just can’t wrap my head around how I am made of star dust… is this just a broader way of looking at the creation of elements in the periodic table or am I literally made of star dust.
Sorry if this was a stupid question!
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The Big Bang allowed for the creation of hydrogen, a small amount of Helium, and a smaller amount of lithium. the remaining naturally formed elements are all the products of stellar activities. Stars are born, they fuse elements together, then they die. some of them die explosively, which releases their accumulated new elements and creates conditions needed for some other elements to form. even more elements are created when 2 stellar corpses collide and explode.
you are stardust. everything you see, touch, taste and eat is formed from elements created long ago in a star. there is no other source elements heavier than lithium, it all comes from stars living and dying for billions of years ago scattering their remains to be used by the next generation of stars. we are literally and figuratively star children, living our lives by the grace of tiny pieces of dead stars.
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