Stars.

A star is a massive, luminous ball of plasma. Stars group together to form galaxies, and they dominate the visible universe. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth, including daylight. Other stars are visible in the night sky, when they are not outshone by the Sun. A star shines because nuclear fusion in its core releases energy which traverses the star's interior and then radiates into outer space. Without stars, life and most atomic elements present in the Universe would not exist.

What does it mean to be a star? Or what does it mean to shine like one?

I read in a book when I was young (and was recently reminded of it by a dear friend) that by the time the light from most stars reach the Earth, they would have burned themselves out (in other words, dead. Finito. No more).

I was thinking about this. Rather, I asked, and got an answer.

My question was, "why would we want to be stars? We will only burn ourselves out."

The answer was, "When you burn out bright, your light will last for millions of years, and even those millions of light years away can see you shine."

The more massive a star, the faster it will burn itself out. My mom once told me: "Don't try to be a hero. All heroes die young."

It's hard to be a star. The more massive you are, the more pressure is put on your core, and it is this pressure that causes you to break apart. It causes you to deplete your resources at an alarming rate, and will end with a supernova (the death of a star). Isn't it true amongst us? Celebrities, they face massive amounts of stress everyday. Everyone seems to be interested in their every move, everyone seems to be interested in everything they wear, eat, drink, use. What an immense amount of pressure.



A summary of what a star is made of, and how long it will burn. Seems like the hotter you are, the faster you die.

The bigger you are, the harder you fall.

But what are you made of? How brightly will you burn? How long will you last? Everyone is a star. Everyone's actions affect someone else. You are a star. Your actions affect me, affect your friends, affect your family.

So. What impact will you have when you finally fall into a supernova?