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Inside the galaxies, including our own Milky Way, stars are being born in
clusters through the gravitational accumulation of interstellar gas and dust.
This protoplanetary matter gradually evolves, through endless fusions and
collisions, to form suns, planets, and satellites. And on our Earth, it has produced what we call life, which in its turn has continued to evolve until, after
many millions of years, it produced the human species. Is that not reason
enough to be passionate about astrophysics?
Science has enabled us to grasp a less mythological and more realistic picture of the mysterious Universe to which we belong, together with a new
perspective of ourselves. It seems, then, that we are neither more nor less than
recycled matter, the ephemeral soot of stellar life. Science has lifted the veil
from our eyes. But we still await answers to the most fundamental questions
concerning our reality and that of our father, the Cosmos.
F. Sánchez
Inside the galaxies, including our own Milky Way, stars are being born in
clusters through the gravitational accumulation of interstellar gas and dust.
This protoplanetary matter gradually evolves, through endless fusions and
collisions, to form suns, planets, and satellites. And on our Earth, it has produced what we call life, which in its turn has continued to evolve until, after
many millions of years, it produced the human species. Is that not reason
enough to be passionate about astrophysics?
Science has enabled us to grasp a less mythological and more realistic picture of the mysterious Universe to which we belong, together with a new
perspective of ourselves. It seems, then, that we are neither more nor less than
recycled matter, the ephemeral soot of stellar life. Science has lifted the veil
from our eyes. But we still await answers to the most fundamental questions
concerning our reality and that of our father, the Cosmos.
F. Sánchez