can this be a déjà vu?

No, it’s not the end of the world… yet. Some scientists have found in a lately research that some alien planets have been destroyed.

Apparently, in their way of trying to find planets similar to the earth, they have discovered four agonizing stars that are making their own solar system collapse.

The study directed by astrophysicists at the University of Warwick in the U.K. shows that the material which was caught surrounding the White dwarfs (stars in their last stage) is very similar to what we can find in our Milky Way, specifically in our planet.

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, they found out 80 white dwarfs that, as the earth, the material that is still rotating around them is made of oxygen, iron, magnesium, and silicon. Essential elements which are part of the 93% of our planet.

Also it was found a little portion of carbon. This is also similar to our reality. According to the investigation this low amounts are not very common to find, actually it’s the first time that they are found in so distant galaxies.



What does this has to do with us? Well, the researchers said that this can be a quick look to what is going to happen with our sun in a far away future. Do you think that those planets were habited? Are they still alive?







(source: http://www.space.com/15535-alien-planets-eaten-dying-stars.html)

Man and the Universe: Both created from the same elements

“The most astounding fact is the knowledge that the atoms that comprise life on Earth, the atoms that make up the human body, are traceable to the crucibles that cooked light elements into heavy elements in their core under extreme temperatures and pressures.”

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Have you ever thought that the atoms which form our DNA are present in the most ancient Galaxies of the whole Universe?

Recent studies have shown that the most important elements that compose life on earth (hydrogen , oxygen, carbon, nitrogen) are present in the most ancient galaxies of the Universe. We can find these elements in different places, such as the surfaces of moons, planets, stars and asteroids.

As we all know, the early Sun was made up of just a cloud of nebulae gas and interstellar dust. These two ingredients were pushed together by a nova’s explosive energy, making the sun begin to spin, permitting the process of hydrogen fusion to start, and letting the Sun begin to shine. Earth was created from the very same cloud of gas and dust, and humans were created out of the same elements that made the Earth.

Of all the facts I mentioned before, the most amazing is that we humans are connected molecularly with all of the elements of the Universe: A star exploded but created a new star, and new planets, and us. We are made of stars.

Knowing what we do about the Solar System and how it was created, what do you think about the religious views that say human beings were created by God?

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