Starlight
across the universe...
- “The stars are the ancient storytellers of the cosmos, their light spanning eons and vast distances to whisper the universe's tales to us.”
- Aloo Denish Obiero
Starlight is produced by nuclear fusion, a process where light atomic nuclei combine to form heavier nuclei, releasing tremendous amounts of energy in the process. In stars like our Sun, hydrogen atoms fuse together to create helium, and this process generates the light and heat that we observe.
Starlight is a crucial part of the universe's story, providing insights into its history, formation, and evolution. Scientists use starlight to understand the cosmos, from studying the birth and death of stars to mapping the expansion of the universe.
About the Music
Purposely very electronic sounding, the pixie mute / plunger trombone solo comes in as a welcome surprise.
Note:
The looping light flare graphic above was converted to an animated gif from a short video found online.
Light - Wave or a Particle?
Just what is the true nature of light? Is it a wave or perhaps a flow of extremely small particles? These questions have long puzzled scientists. Light exhibits wave-particle duality, meaning it can behave as both a wave and a particle, depending on the experiment...
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