@shinchan The vastness of the universe, and the amount of times involved is mind stretching.

Stars come and go, leave behind their matter and energy. The matter goes on to form other things, including life in some rare and special cases; like us.

We are here for a blink in that time, and go on to who knows what, different people and philosophies have different theories.

But like the stars we leave behind the matter we are composed on, and over time it should find its way into other things, new life forms possibly also.

Interestingly, the heaviest elements, like gold and others, are only formed in the moment a star physically dies -- it takes that collapse and explosion in the Nova to squeeze together lighter elements previously formed into the heavier ones.