Bryson QQC part 2

Supernovae

"Supernovae occur when giantstar, one much bigger than our own Sun, collapses and then spectacularly explodes, releasing in an instant the energy of a hundred billion suns, burning for a time brighter than all the stars in its galaxy."

The Whole section about supernovae baffles me. Like, its so interesting. Supernovae are starts that are just at the brink oflighting out. And I want to know why they burn out. Like, do they run out of energy? Do they get tired? I don't know. But they burn out, and they make an explosion of energy so big that it resembles one thousand hydrogen bombs going off at once (theoretically, becuase no one's ever made a thousand hydrogen bombs go of at once). Or, if they dont make an explosion, they implode with so much energy as to make a black hole, sucking in every peice of matter that comes its way, even light. What kind of force is that? And I always wondered where the black holes lead to. Is there another galaxy at the end of the whole. What if our galaxy was the cause of a black hole? What if we were in a different space, and one of the usns in our galaxy got mad, and oimploded, making a black hole, and sucking everything we consider space right into it? I have so many questions, and comments. It's crazy, and it makes me mad at the same time. So how significant to the universe am I? Compared to our solar system, what do I mean? Nothing. I mean nothing to the universe and that's really depressing. I'm sad, and now I'm done.

Bryson Intro Chapter 1

Quote, Question, and Comment (QQC)

The QQC is an opportunity to reflect on “What strikes you?” about the class readings. Select a quote or section of text from the week’s readings and craft a response that includes the selected quote/section, the questions it raised for you, and any comments or reflections. This is not a time to summarize the text. It is a time to analyze and critique the author’s ideas, to connect them to other ideas, to reflect on what those ideas mean to you, and to use the text as a springboard for extending your own thinking.


The following week, you should respond to at least one person’s post on something that struck you about what they wrote, new questions that have emerged for you, etc. The purpose of the forum is to serve as an archive of your thinking, but more importantly to generate and continue conversations outside of class

Quote:
"And so, from nothing, our universe begins."
(That Whole Section)

Question:
If no human being was alive during the beginning of the universe, how can anyone make any statements stating what happened.?

Comments:
I can understand if aliens wrote some stuff as they were watching the universe expand, or if they took some telepathic pictures of everything as it happened, and some how, one of the scientists of Earth happened to meet the alien and get all the information. But I feel like, if no one was there, and there isn't any actual proof of there being anything before our universe, they shouldn't make such statements. I don't know. I'd feel more comfortable if they were saying that these were their hypothesis'. But theyre stating it like facts. Hmmm. I'm going to make a theory book. About how the sun began, becuase I have ideas, and information/research. And it will become a fact as soon as I publish it.