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Video: We are dead stars

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Eleanor Imster
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December 5, 2014

NASA astronomer Dr. Michelle Thaller explains how the iron in our blood connects us to one of the most violent acts in the universe — a supernova explosion — and what the universe might look like when the stars die out.

We Are Dead Stars from TRBQ on Vimeo.

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December 5, 2014
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Eleanor Imster has helped write and edit EarthSky since 1995. She was an integral part of the award-winning EarthSky radio series almost since it began until it ended in 2013. She and her husband live in Tennessee, where they enjoy guitar playing and singing. They have 2 grown sons.

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