Description
The diversity of basic types of cosmic objects may seem very limited. Despite the vastness of the Universe, it is inhabited only by stars and those that failed to become stars — rocky or gaseous planets. Both formed from nebulae — gas and dust. Larger structural forms — star clusters and galaxies — consist of the aforementioned: stars with planets orbiting them, although utterly solitary, rogue planets are also found in space. And, of course, an important component of the cosmic element are nebulae, from which everything here was born — every star or planet was once a nebula. For most stars, the reverse is even possible — some of them turning back into nebulae, which in no way increases the fundamental diversity.
Some people might argue that among the stars themselves, there are many very different objects — there are giant stars and dwarf stars. There are neutron stars and black holes (we still know little about the latter, and we're not even sure whether they belong to our Universe). However, all of these are merely the evolutionary stages of a star that was once a nebula.
Even if we add asteroids, meteoroids, and comets to this, the diversity of celestial bodies can still be counted on the fingers of one hand. In our earthly world — within the confines of a modest home — it's easy to find a far greater diversity of objects and ideas. But the most impressive from this perspective is the world of living beings — animals and plants.
When we speak of space, we often forget about Life. Space often seems lifeless to us, although we ourselves are part of the Cosmos and a shining example of the Life inhabiting it.
Many people believe that Life in our Universe is more of an error than a rule, since we know of only a single example of it. But even this single example, with its internal diversity — here on Earth — many times exceeds all the diversity of known universal objects (which currently seem lifeless to us).
But what if Life is needed precisely to create, to fashion something that could not form naturally in the Universe without Life's help?
Who knows, perhaps it is precisely thanks to Life that the Universe will acquire previously non-existent structures, for example, transport bridges between planets, stars, and even galaxies, and perhaps even between different Worlds! Life is gifted with intelligence and imagination. Everything it can imagine can be realized as physical objects — interplanetary cities, giant mirrors creating temporary copies of Worlds, gigantic Vines intertwining disparate matter with their stems, helping it participate more actively in the creative process. Ethereal currents guiding the creative process itself along the spiral arms of the Galaxies... and perhaps even Life will be able to create galaxies of the most bizarre shapes — for example, in the shape of the Infinity symbol.
It is entirely possible that Life will find a way to return currently inaccessible matter from black holes, and perhaps even learn to synthesize matter from a vacuum — with completely different initial properties — exactly the kind required for a particular creative idea.
