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5 LIVES OF STARS
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• Nebula: a cloud of gas and dust in outer space spread out in an immense volume
• Protostar: a contracting mass of gas that represents an early stage in the formation
of a star
• White Dwarf: The blue-white hot core of a star that is left behind after its outer
layers have expanded and drifted out into space
• Supernova: The explosion of a dying super giant
• Neutron star: The small dense remains of a high-mass star after a supernova
• Pulsar: A rapidly spinning neutron star that produces radio waves
• Black Hole: a region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter
or radiation can escape.
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• A star is born when the contracting gas and dust from a nebula become so
dense and hot that nuclear fusion starts.
• How long a star lives depends on the mass
• The act of nuclear fusion is atoms combining to make heavier atoms
• When a small or medium mass star runs out of fuel it becomes a white dwarf
• White dwarfs are the same size as earth but has the mass of the sun
• During the process of the star dying the core shrinks
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 VIDEOS

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU6X3SPZAJo

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnQXvewasSw
 QUESTIONS

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