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Here’s something to think about as you kick off 2025: ✨We are all stardust.✨ Every atom of oxygen in our lungs, of carbon in our muscles, of calcium in our bones, of iron in our blood—was created inside a star before Earth was born. Image: NASA Hubble Space Telescope, CC BY 2.0, flickr

Hydrogen and helium, the lightest elements, were produced in the Big Bang. Almost all of the other, heavier, elements were produced inside stars. In a star of intermediate mass, these elements can mix into the star’s atmosphere and be spread into space through stellar winds.

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Here? it's a very long and technical speech and I'm just an enthusiast not an expert and English is not even my language so it would be very tiring 😀... if you're interested search "stellar nucleosynthesis" on Google