“So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Source: Death by Black Hole - And Other Cosmic Quandaries

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