Take a walk on any dark, moonless night, and you're liable to see a sky littered with hundreds of stars. Their shining beacons scar the otherwise blank backdrop and are nature's way of lighting up a disorienting emptiness. For generations, their bulbs told stories of gods and myths, all while offering voyagers and travelers a method to find their way home.
The lit-up sky has a serene beauty to it, and its brilliance is amplified when it is truly devoid of any light pollution, but beyond their charming glitter, stars are burning. Their spheres are exploding and colliding atoms, a constant reaction of energy and thermonuclear fusion.