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starstuff

Noun

Meaning

starstuff (uncountable)

The material composition of stars; matter originated from stars; starmatter.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff. Carl Sagan

We have begun to contemplate our origins: starstuff pondering the stars; organized assemblages of ten billion billion billion atoms considering the evolution of atoms; tracing the long journey by which, here at least, consciousness arose. Carl Sagan

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