LMR-105 · Stars

Nebula

Stars are born inside clouds. So were you.

§ A first look

§ Depths

Six ways into the same idea — from bedtime story to chalkboard. No order required.

L1 · Crayon

Told like a bedtime story.

For a curious 10-year-old. No jargon. Just a picture in your head.

A nebula is a huge cloud of gas and dust drifting through space — sometimes light-years across, which is roughly 'unimaginably large by every reasonable measure.' Sometimes a nebula is the dust left behind by a star that exploded long ago, gently dispersing across the neighbourhood. Sometimes it's the cradle where new stars are quietly switching on for the first time. Either way, it's the universe rearranging itself between lives. Nature's intermission.

§ Strange but true

01The universe is stranger than your intuition. This is a rule, not an exception.
02Every fact in physics was once an outrageous guess. Most still feel like one.
03If it doesn't bend your brain a little, you haven't read it carefully enough.

§ From the field journal

Nebula

"Stars are born inside clouds. So were you."

— observed, sketched, not yet fully understood.

field sketch · graphite & gold leaf

§ Nearby