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Secret of the Stars |
| Written by kimberly | |
| Friday, 15 August 2008 | |
Secret of the Stars
By: Kimberly Trix Lee
In our current age, every student knows what a star is. We all know that stars are located in some distant space in the universe. They glow due to some thermonuclear reactions occurring inside their cores. They twinkle because of the disturbance caused by the movement of air in that great expanse between the star and the observer. However, in the ancient times, people didn't know anything about those tiny glimmering specks in the skies. They would marvel and ponder about all those millions of flickering fragments scattered across the vast firmament. For that reason, people studied stars.
Stars, setting aside all of the scientific ideas that we know, are splendid objects of nature. They are very remote but their light has been able to reach our world and rouse our curiosity. However, the thing is that most of the stars are really far, that when their light has reached our planet, the star itself has moved. Or, sometimes, the star itself has died. More often than not, those tiny glimmering specks that we can see are only remnants of a star's previous location. What we can see is not the star itself but the light emitted by the star several years, decades, or centuries ago. Science eliminates mankind's sense of awe. Or so they say. But the question is: So what? No one told us not to marvel at the transcendence of stars because they are just masses of hot gas in space. No one told us not to be awed at the sheer beauty of a night sky dotted with millions of bright flecks just because we know that those bright flecks are just helium and hydrogen. Science simply reveals what is ought to be revealed. That so-called "sense of awe" is simply a matter of perspective. Wouldn't you be mesmerized even more after knowing that stars burn because hydrogen atoms fuse together to form a helium atom?
Stars, despite of their "life cycle", are not alive. Yet, their very existence has affected humanity. Yet, they have the ability to teach men something, if only men would delay the rush of time and linger on nature's wisdom. Stars, as remote as they are, hold secrets that mankind will not understand. Not yet. The stars would remain in their state of burning brilliance until they would gradually vanish - just like mortals. However, before they fade away to oblivion, they would have left a shining legacy not only in the night skies but also in the spirits of all of those who marveled at their beauty. Undoubtedly, mankind has been influenced by remnants of a gaseous mass in space - remnants that could not be accounted to mere coincidence. Copyright 2008 kimberly |
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