Articles for tag: Astronomy Facts, Cosmic origins, Cosmic perspective, Stardust, Universe science

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How Ancient Stardust Ended Up Inside Your Body

Suhail Ahmed

Here’s the astonishing part: the atoms in your blood and bones were forged long before Earth existed, scattered by dying stars across a young galaxy that looked nothing like our sky today. Scientists didn’t stumble on this by accident; they teased it out from meteorites so primitive they act like time capsules, and from samples ...

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10 Cosmic Discoveries That Redefined Our Place in the Universe

Suhail Ahmed

Every so often, astronomy pulls the rug out from under us and replaces our quiet mental picture of the cosmos with something stranger, bigger, and far less comforting. In just a few human lifetimes, we’ve gone from thinking of Earth as the calm center of creation to realizing we live on a small rock orbiting ...