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The stars


What I think when I look up at the stars...


A string of my DNA is from here. My ancestors live here. The matter I am made up of comes from here. I was, am, and will be here. I am looking into the past. I am seeing myself before I am born. The base of my existence lies here, in the past. The stars I am seeing is how the stars looked lightyears ago. From just 8 light minutes to 13.8 billion light years. The light that we see in the daytime are photons that are 8 minutes old. When I look at the sun, I am seeing it how it was 8 minutes ago, and when I look at the stars, I see myself. Or, how it was from 4.24 light years to the birth of the universe. And if I look far enough, I can listen to the big bang. I can find the story of these stars if I look further back. The time machine humans think as seemingly impossible is right above me, in the night sky. 



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