Geoffrey Burbridge, the renown astronomer who traced all life on earth to stardust, died this week. It was Dr. Burbridge's research which led us to understand that the chemical constituents of our bodies come from an exploding star--the same star--and introduced a scientific underpinning to the idea that we are all brothers and sisters under the skin.
Composed of cosmic building blocks, of stardust,"luminous beings are we, not this crude matter," as Jedi Master Yoda says.
Kinda raises the bar, doesn't it, when you think of life like that?
I hope they name a star after him.
