Why Are We Made of Stardust?

You're made of stardust because stars are like big furnaces in the sky. When they explode, they send out all kinds of stuff, like the atoms that make up your body. It's kind of like when you mix ingredients to make a cake, and then you eat it.

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Imagine you're a cake made up of ingredients that were once inside a star.
If your bones had a little label on them, it might say 'Made by Star #789234'.
You're like the Earth, only smaller and made of space stuff.

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