15 more questions about the life of stars:
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- How much of its total mass does the Sun lose every year through solar wind?
- How long a star spends as main sequence depends on the ...
- The more massive the star the ...
- Low mass stars consume their fuel ...
- Because low mass stars consume their fuel slowly, and have a relatively large fuel supply, they can last for about ...
- Because very low mass stars have a lifetime longer than the age of the universe, they haven’t yet reached their ...
- In astronomy elements heavier than helium are referred to as ...
- The concentration of elements heavier than helium in stars is called ...
- Over time molecular clouds become enriched in heavier elements from the death of older stars. This means that younger stars have ...
- After using all of their supply of hydrogen at their core, stars enter the ...
- When a low mass star enters a helium burning stage it ...
- Massive stars of more then 9 solar masses first expand into blue, then red supergiants during their ...
- The final stage of a massive star happens when it starts producing ...
- Over a long period of time white dwarfs eventually fade into ...
- Massive stars continue their fusion until their iron core is so big (more than 1.4 solar masses) and can no longer support its mass. They then go into a sudden collapse and explode into a ...