Awesome Truths

We Are Starstuff

The heavier atoms in our bodies (e.g carbon, oxygen, etc) were not present at the Big Bang. They were formed billions of years later, forged in the nuclear fusion furnace of stars, then released into space when those stars exploded as supernova at the end of their lives. 

Olympus Mons

Olympus Mons, an extinct shield volcano on Mars. At three times the height of Mount Everest, it is the tallest mountain in our solar system.

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