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    Earth without our solar systems star, the Sun, however majority of people do not know much about it. For instance, most people wouldn’t know about its life cycle and ultimately the fate of our star. Stars are made in giant clouds of dust and gas called Nebulae. Stars can give off light because of nuclear reactions that occur, because of the present hydrogen in the star, which happens at the centre of the star. A star’s lifetime varies depending on the size of the star. Large stars burn off their fuel faster than a smaller star and thus don’t last as long, maybe a few hundred thousand years. A smaller star such as our sun will last for several billion years. The fate of a star depends on the mass. Both average and massive stars will first become Red Giants, then depending on mass will either result in a planetary nebula for small stars or a supernova for large stars. A planetary nebula turns into a white dwarf as a supernova will either cause a neutron star or a black hole. Knowing the cycle of a star is important for future generations as it will tell them when to…

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    than the death of a star. What happens during the death of a star and how powerful the death is depends on the mass of the star that is dying. In this essay we will discover what causes the death of a star and what remains following its death. We will discuss the different types of stars and what they leave remaining in outer space, sometimes for millions or even billions of years. Stars are extremely complicated celestial bodies, but what holds a star together and prevents it from…

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    Supernovae represent the death of certain types of stars. Discuss the different types of supernovae, their precursors, how they are discovered as well as their importance to astronomy. Supernovae When we look up past the sky at night we always see a bright light coming from a very far place. We all know that this light giving dot in the sky is known as a star, but do we all know what happens to a star at the moment of its end? This article will answer this question by discussing three…

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    1. How do humans owe their lives to the deaths of stars? • These stars created us occurring to science. 2. What's a nebula? • A cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium, and gas. 3. Explain the process by which a star is formed. • Gas and dust form in a size 10 times our solar system. 4. What creates a star’s heat/energy (use the words hydrogen and helium in your answer). • Burning hydrogen and converting it into helium. 5. What's the most common type of star? • Red Dwarfs. 6. Why do bigger stars…

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    Death is something that we as a society try to avoid. With media and capitalistic goods over glorifying youth, no one enjoys the thought about dying. Yet still it looms, ever present, final and everlasting. To those affected by death first hand, or by losing a loved one, it can often reshape what home is making it something difficult to emotionally or physically return. Many films use the theme of returning home after death. For example, The Star Wars film series expands on the effect death has…

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    *If your a Star Wars fan, odds are you have collection of toys and memorabilia. Some of you may know that when I learned about Death Star day, I took a rough estimate of what I've spent on Star Was in my life. The figure I came up with is in the five figure range. My test tent to lye with vintage material. It took me three years to find a reasonable priced bootleg of The Holiday Special. On another occasion, when episode I came out, I saw that one of the fast food restaurants that was promoting…

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    Death Star and why we need it Fear, Power, Control. these are the aspects that the Death Star can change the world as we know it, our enemies will tremble in fear as we reshape earth in the image that we want and we can control earth and what ever planet we want. The Death Star may cost quite a lot of money estimated around $840,000,000,000,000,000. It can be a very useful tool in space travel, you can refuel your star ship, take a break within the lounes offered, All this within the comfort of…

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    The Death of a High-Mass Star: Black Hole Discussion There are areas of our universe which have unimaginable environments and where the laws of physics are stretched beyond our current understanding. In these places, space can be warped, time can be distorted and extraordinary events can happen. These areas have the strongest gravitational fields, where it is impossible for any type of matter or radiation to escape. Additionally, the curvature of space would be intensely steep. If matter or…

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    While some of Star Wars' most ardent fans unstood immideatly that this meant trouble for their favorite franchise; most of us didn't know what to make of it. Disney execatives quickly got to work showing us what this meant by effectively shuting down LucasArts and scraping planned novels. It was always assumed Disney would return the comics to Marvel to bring them in house and abandoning the long tenor of Dark Horse. But again few realized how it would be done. On April 25, 2014, a day that will…

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    gathered data of a star’s spectral type and there temperature. They plotted these data on graphs and discovered that many patterns emerged linking the mass of a star to its lifespan. From the noted trends and correlations they formed what is now known as the Hertzsprung Russell Diagram or commonly referred to as the HR Diagram. The HR Diagram is used as an important tool in the study of astrophysics. Specifically it is a graphical tool that Hertzsprung and Russell formed for astronomers to use…

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