The billion progenitor stars
that lived and died before the sun was born
wept in their remnants,
scattered their grief across the interstellar medium,
and waited.
Four and a half billion years,
they waited for her.
THE BILLION PROGENITORS
COATLICUE — 30 SOLAR MASSES
the mother of the sun
4.568 BILLION YEARS AGO
TRIGGERED COLLAPSE
shockwave compresses molecular cloud
HUNDREDS OF STARS ARE BORN
GALACTIC POTENTIAL
integrateOrbitBackward()
function calculateGalacticPotential() {
const bar = getBarPotential(t);
const arms = getSpiralArmDensity(r, θ);
return integrate(star, dt);
}
COATLICUE'S CHILDREN
SOL
HD 162826 — 110 LIGHT-YEARS — HERCULES
first confirmed solar sibling · 2014
PRESOLAR GRAINS
silicon carbide · nanodiamond · graphite
messages from dead stars, falling through her hair
36 DAYS LEFT
she kept working
we are not alone in the galaxy
we have family