The basic life process of stars is a very fascinating process but we may never know too much detail about it because star formation takes so long the our sun may burn out before we can witness another star forming. Stars have three basic parts to their existence birth, life, and death. This process takes billions and billions to complete. Stellar life is beyond human comprehension in both time and magnitude but what we do kno

A supernova explosion is the grand finale in the galactic fireworks show, a huge explosion of a star that leaves a beautiful cloud of dust and gas in space. Jay M. Pasachoff notes that there are two types of supernova explosions:

A star is born; no I’m not talking about some breakthrough performance of an unknown actor or singer I am talking about actual stars like our sun. Where do stars come from? The answer is quite simple gas, dust, and the opposing forces of pressure and gravity. Stars are born from nebulae, which are huge concentrations or clouds of dust and gasses that are in our universe. Stellar birth could not be possible without gravity and pressure. These are very opposing forces, gravity pushes in and pressure pushes out. If one becomes more dominant, then the star would collapse on itself or become so large that it would simply expand back into a gas cloud. According to Michael A. Seeds, stars start out as protostars that are surrounded by clouds of dust and gasses called a cocoon. These protostars are very large and cannot be seen but can be detected by the infrared radiation that they give off (Foundations of Astronomy 235). They cannot be seen because of the clouds of dust that block and absorb the light being given off by them. However, what keeps a star from collapsing on itself? The answer is very simple, pressure being produced in the core of the young star. Two factors resist collapse of gas clouds according to Seeds “the speed of the hydrogen atom and the turbulence of the hydrogen atom”(Foundations of Astronomy 233). The hydrogen atoms in the core act similarly to the ball in a spray paint can the more you shake it the more the easier the paint applies. Seeds claims that, most stars live billions and billions of years the hotter the star the longer it will live (Horizons 129). This leads me to discuss stellar life.

Well out star has been born, now lets discuss its life. A star does mostly one thing in its lifetime, produces energy and light. It is this energy that keeps us alive, without it our planet would be too cold to live on and with out light there would be no plants to help produce CO2. Heat comes from the energy produced by the sun that is given off through light. The sun gets its energy from nuc

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