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By : Domic Tajana
What is a star?
(uge )all o# gas (eld toget(er )y gravity t(e central core o# a star is e*tremely (ot and !roduces energy t(e energy is released as visi)le lig(t, +(ic( makes t(e star glo+
Birth of a star
,e)ula (uge clouds o# gas and dust T(ese clouds are made u! o# (ydrogen and (elium )irt(!lace o# ne+ star gravity !ulls t(e (ydrogen gas in t(e ne)ula toget(er and it )egins to s!in -s t(e gas s!ins #aster and #aster, it (eats u! and is kno+n as a !rotostar
Protostar
T(e second stage o# star creation -t t(is !oint t(e tem!erature eventually reac(es %.,$$$,$$$ /0 and nuclear #usion occurs in t(e clouds core T(e cloud )egins to glo+ )rig(tly -t t(is stage, it contracts a little and )ecomes sta)le and is called a main se1uence star
Medium stars
T(roug(out t(e red giant !(ase, t(e (ydrogen gas in t(e outer s(ell continues to )urn and t(e tem!erature in t(e core continues to increase -t 2$$,$$$,$$$ /0 t(e (elium atoms #use to #orm car)on atoms and t(e last o# t(e (ydrogen gas in t(e outer s(ell is )lo+n a+ay to #orm a ring around t(e core 2(en t(e last o# t(e (elium atoms are used u!, t(e medium star )egins to die
White Dwarfs
3ravity causes t(e last o# t(e star4s matter to colla!se in+ard and com!act -t t(is stage t(e star4s matter is e*tremely dense 2(ite d+ar#s s(ine +it( a +(ite (ot lig(t "nce all t(eir energy is gone, t(ey no longer emit lig(t T(e star (as no+ reac(ed t(e )lack d+ar# !(ase in +(ic( it +ill #orever remain
Massive stars
"nce massive starts reac( t(e red giant !(ase, t(e core tem!erature increases 3ravity continues to !ull car)on atoms toget(er as t(e tem!erature increases #orming o*ygen, nitrogen, and eventually iron -t t(is !oint, #usion sto!s and t(e iron atoms start to a)sor) energy
Supernova
Energy #rom massive stars is released in a !o+er#ul e*!losion called a su!ernova - su!ernova can lig(t u! t(e sky #or +eeks 5u!ernova t(en )ecomes a neutron star or a )lack (ole