Name: Your body was forged in the spectacular death of stars
Uploaded: 2019-12-17T16:05:36Z
Duration: 15 min 24 s
Description: We are all connected by the spectacular birth, death and rebirth of stars, says astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz. Journey through the cosmic history of the universe as Ramirez-Ruiz explains how supernovas forged the elements of life to create everything from the air you breathe to the very atoms that make you.

We are all connected by the spectacular birth, death and rebirth of stars, says astrophysicist Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz. Journey through the cosmic history of the universe as Ramirez-Ruiz explains how supernovas forged the elements of life to create everything from the air you breathe to the very atoms that make you.

Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz: Your body was forged in the spectacular death of stars

Your body was forged in the spectacular death of stars

Our existence hinges on stellar life cycles, where death gives rise to the essential elements of life, including the very air we breathe.

Inhaling is an act of cosmic remembrance, each oxygen atom a testament to the universe's epic odyssey from supernova to human life.

Every breath you take includes oxygen atoms forged in the cataclysmic death of distant stars, a cosmic connection to the universe.