Average Star Red Giant Planetary Nebula

Despite this phase having the word planet on its name,

White Dwarf
Average stars are also known as A Red Giant is a star defined by its red color and A star will become a white dwarf after it
intermediate stars, are medium stars with large size. When the main-sequence star exhausts the the two objects are not totally related to each other. exhausted all its nuclear fuel. They are
mass three times less than the sun. They hydrogen in its core, it contracts making it hotter This stage forms when a star can no longer support itself usually composed of carbon and oxygen and
are mainly composed of 87% hydrogen, 10% and denser. This leads to faster and hotter fusion by fusion reactions in its core. Gravity from the outer is characterized by being quite dense,
helium, with all other elements making which causes it to pushes back to gravity and expands layer takes control of the structure of the star and its mass can be compared to the sun while
only up to 3%. These stars are powered by its outer layer. In short, the gigantic appearance of forces the inner parts to condense and heat up. These its size is almost similar to that of the
nuclear fusion happening in their cores, this type of star is due to the contraction of the objects are relatively short-lived, and last just a few Earth. White dwarfs emit low amount of
which converts mostly hydrogen to helium. core and expansion of the outer layer caused by tens of thousands of years. When this process is energy and has low luminosity due to its
This explains why they liberate a hydrogen fusion. The star gets larger, redder, and complete, the remaining core remnant is uncovered and small size.
tremendous amount of energy. more luminous as it expands and cools down. heats the now distant gases which cause them to glow.

Stellar Nebula
Life Cycle of a Star
Named after the Latin word for cloud, A
Stellar nebula is known to be a massive
Neutron Star
cloud from space composed of dust, hydrogen, Neutron star is the collapsed core of a Red Supergiant. These
helium, and plasma. They are often referred stars are formed as the gigantic explosion crushes every proton
to as “stellar nurseries” because this is and electron forming a neutron. Their composition as of this day
where stars are born due to the condensation is still unknown, but they are said to be mainly composed of
of gas and dust triggered by gravity. neutron atoms, most of them are also undetectable because they
simply don't emit radiation. And since neutron stars began their
existence as stars, they are found scattered throughout the
galaxy, in the same places where we find stars.

Massive Star Red Supergiant Supernova

Just like any other stars, high mass Red Supergiants are stars similar to Red As the core of the star collapse due to the abrupt
stars are also born in the stellar Giants but larger. They form when a star change in the composition of the core of the star,
nebula. They are mostly composed of an runs out of hydrogen fuel in its core supernova forms. They are often seen in galaxies but
and transitions to fusing helium within are very difficult to see in the milky way because of
Black Hole
iron core surrounded by shells of
silicon, sulfur, oxygen, neon, carbon, its center. As this process occurs, the dust blocking its way. This phase has two types, the
helium, and hydrogen. And because of outer layer of the star expands causing first one happens in binary star systems in which too
A black hole can be formed after a supernova wherein the mass of
their massiveness, these stars burn their its temperature to decrease. This sudden much matter causes the star to explode resulting in a
the core is greater than 3 solar masses. Here, gravity is so
fuel much faster which makes their life drop in temperature causes the star to supernova. The second one on the other hand occurs at
strong that no particles can escape from it. It comes in a range
span shorter than smaller stars. appear red. the end of a single star’s lifetime. This is because
of sizes and can not be seen because of the strong gravity that
of the collapse of the star's core which is due to
is pulling all of the light into the black hole's center.
its massiveness.